Six bodies found in train boxcar near Texas border

Published May 11, 2026 1:31pm ET | Updated May 11, 2026 1:31pm ET



Six deceased individuals were found in a train car near the border town of Laredo, Texas, on Sunday afternoon, according to local police.

Fire and EMS workers in Laredo pulled a half-dozen bodies from inside a Union Pacific Railroad car after a railroad employee called emergency responders to report possible deceased inside a car while the train was stopped at a train yard roughly 13 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border, Laredo Police spokesman Jose Espinoza told the Washington Examiner on Monday.

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