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At least 46 people have died and 16 others have been taken to hospital after they were discovered in the back of a lorry just 150 miles from the Mexico border.

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Victims assumed to be smuggled migrants from Mexico, with four children among those taken to hospital suffering from heatstroke and exhaustion

Officials said 46 people have been found dead and 16 others were taken to hospitals with heat-related illnesses after a tractor-trailer rig containing suspected migrants was found Monday on a remote back road in southwest San Antonio

The deaths occurred during an apparent human smuggling attempt along US-Mexico border.

Homeland Security Investigations has detained three individuals "believed to be part of the smuggling conspiracy."

A U.S. official says at least 46 people have been found dead inside a tractor-trailer in a presumed migrant smuggling attempt in South Texas.

At least 40 people were found dead in a tractor-trailer in San Antonio on Monday, according to authorities.

At least 46 people were found dead after being abandoned in a tractor-trailer on a remote back road in San Antonio in the latest tragedy to claim the lives of migrants smuggled across the border from Mexico to the US Sixteen people were hospitalised, including four children.