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The Guardian - US
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Richard Luscombe

Six people found dead inside train car at rail yard near Texas-Mexico border

a train passes over a bridge
A freight train travels along the Texas Mexican Railway International Bridge from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas state, Mexico into Laredo, Texas, U.S., on Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. Photograph: Matthew Busch/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Rail workers in Texas found six people dead inside a boxcar at a yard close to the Mexican border on Sunday afternoon, officials said.

The discovery was made by a Union Pacific employee inspecting the stopped train at the yard in Laredo before it continued its journey north, a spokesperson for the Laredo police department said, citing the railroad freight company.

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