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Dozens Dead in Texas Trailer Smuggling Tragedy
Seventeen illegal immigrants were found dead inside and around a sweltering South Texas truck trailer near Victoria. An 18th victim died later at a hospital as authorities investigated the smuggling operation linked to Tyrone Williams of Schenectady New York. The trailer, with New York plates, carried people from Mexico and Central America and had tried to claw through insulation to escape. A 911 call from a Spanish speaker described people suffocating as deputies found the bodies and began detaining suspects in the Houston area.
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