A person has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of a truck that transported about 80 immigrants Texas, according to a statement from ICE to Univision Noticias.
“One person has been arrested in connection with the alleged incident,” the statement said. of the immigration service“The investigation is ongoing as agents are following directions to promote the case and ensure people’s safety. No additional information can be provided at this time,” said ICE.
The new information was announced a few days after it was announced the cry of a man 911 emergency number from the metropolitan area of San Antonio, in which he reported that dozens of people were trapped in the vehicle.
The research, driven by Texas authorities, began after an emergency center received a heartbreaking phone call in the voice of a person telling her he was traveling in the reservoir of a truck White color.
“We need help … we’re dying,” the caller said in Spanish. He added that the white truck was parked and that he could hear other cars passing. In the background people can be heard screaming and panting. Thereafter, communication was cut
In the audio you hear a person speaking in spanish Asking for help. Along with her, other people are crying out for help because they have run out of air.
- Do you see anything? – asks a operator
- No, no, we can’t see anything God, we don’t have oxygen – answers the voice calling for help.
- Is it next to the highway? – asks the operator.
- Yes, I can hear the cars (driving past the truck).
- A tanker truck, a white tanker – says a voice calling 911 for help.
- White? – asks the operator.
- Yes. We are just 80 people – adds the person who called 911.
- Do you remember who was driving? – asks the coordinator.
- No, we don’t know who. Help out! – he screams again.
- Do you have another mobile? – asks the operator.
- Help out! Holy be God, help! -He’s screaming desperately again.
- Where did you start this journey? … I lost him, the emergency center says after a pause.
“It is heartbreaking to hear because clearly behind the caller, in the background, you can hear other people in the vehicle and in the trailer, and they are also screaming for help in Spanish saying they have run out of air”, he told KABB. Bexar County Sheriff (San Antonio, Texas), Javier Salazar.
Early reports indicated that 911 I had received more than one callAccording to the latest confirmed information, the white truck was driving through Texas with no known destination. “Men, women, children, without food or water, in trucks or trailers or, as in this case, in a cistern without ventilation, it means they cannot escape,” said Ari Jimenez, former Department of Homeland Security agent. . ( DHS), from San Antonio
Since Wednesday, Bexar Cpu local authorities
On Wednesday, local San Antonio authorities along with Homeland Security and the Texas Department of Public Transportation followed the signal from the phone call to gather clues leading to the truck’s location.
ICE’s statement indicates that anyone who has information to determine the whereabouts of immigrants, call 1-866-DHS-2ICE
