At least 8 immigrants were found in a trailer on the US-Mexico border, killed by choking outside Walmart in San Antonio, Texas. One of the survivors tells what he lived.
Adam Laravegas left Aguascalientes, Mexico, with the goal of achieving the longed for "American dream" without knowing for sure the dangers he could face along the way.
"There is no work, it is difficult for there, that is why one makes the decisions," he said to explain why he risked getting on the truck.
According to his account it was a difficult crossing where he crossed the border before boarding the freight vehicle in Laredo. "When we arrived, the trailer was full," he says, and this detail matches a testimony that is part of the authorities' lawsuit against the truck driver.
That other victim said that when they were given the instruction to climb, there were already at least 70 people inside and that upon closing the door, and the box was very hot. The testimony also says that they were not given food or water and that although they made noises to get someone's attention, no one helped them.
He later said that people began to have difficulty breathing and some fainted while others hit the walls of the truck and the driver never stopped. They would even have taken turns to breathe briefly through holes in the truck.
Laravegas narrated that he woke up and tried to stand up and felt very weak and it took time to regain strength. When authorities opened the gates, eight people died and two died later in a hospital.
Four were Mexicans and one Guatemalan. Precise data are still expected from the rest of the deceased, but it is known that 21 of the 29 hospitalized are of Mexican origin.
Fuente: www.telemundo62.com
