Republican Governor Greg Abbott has targeted US President Joe Biden after revealing that at least 42 people have been found dead in a truck reportedly carrying migrants in Texas. KSAT television has also claimed that 16 survivors have been taken to various local hospitals.
Mr Abbott, who will face Beto O’Rourke in the Texas Gubernatorial election later this year, said: “These deaths are on Biden.
“They are the result of his deadly open borders policy.
“They are showing the deadly consequences of his refusal to enforce the law.”
However, Mr O’Rourke took a slightly different angle.
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The 49-year-old, who is competing to become the Lone Star State’s first Democratic governor since Ann Richards in the early 1990s, said: “This is devastating.
“Our thoughts go out to the families of those who lost their lives in San Antonio today.
“We urgently need action: dismantle people-smuggling gangs and replace them with expanded legal migration capabilities that reflect our values and meet the needs of our country.”
San Antonio police told Express.co.uk they will be “streaming the upcoming press conference about the critical incident on Quintana Road”.
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There is still no clue as to the cause of the deaths.
However, temperatures in San Antonio, about 160 miles from the Mexican border, reached 39.4°C on a remarkably humid Monday.