Delilah Hernandez, left, and her mother, Marissa, laid flowers on June 28 at the site where 53 migrants died from the heat in a caravan.
Update: Noon Friday, July 8: Two more names of immigrants who died in San Antonio on June 27 were released through the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office on Friday morning, July 8.
The medical examiner’s office conclusively reported 52 of the other 53 people who died. An updated list of names will be available no later than Monday, July 11, when consulates will inform the office that family members were notified. Forensic pathologists are running on the latest “potential identification,” according to a press release.
Yesterday’s below:
Update: Thursday, July 7 at 3 p. m. : The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s office released more names of immigrants who died in the tractor-trailer on Quintana Road in San Antonio on June 27.
The medical examiner says the number of deaths is known, with 47 of the known immigrants ranging in age from thirteen to 55. Twenty-four were from Mexico, 19 from Guatemala and six from Honduras, according to a press release. There are only 4 people left to identify.
These are the names of the victims, age and origin:
Original story below:
On Wednesday, July 6, the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office released the first 22 names of the 53 patients who died in San Antonio after being left in the back of a truck in the Heat of June 27.
Of the 22 immigrants, 3 of them were elderly 13, 14 and 16, according to a press release. The medical examiner now knows 47 of the other 53 people who died. Of those other 47 people, 22 were from Mexico, 19 were citizens of Guatemala and six were from Honduras.
Below are the names of the victims, their age and provenance.
The sick were discovered in the back of a tractor-trailer in the 9600 block of Quintana Road on June 27, where 47 of the immigrants were pronounced dead for the first time. Five more are believed to be dying from heat-related injuries in hospitals in the region. The university hospital won over two of the patients, a 23-year-old woman and a “teenager. “
Two men, Hector Zamorano Jr. , 45, and Christian Martinez, 28, were arrested and charged in the deaths of people. Two others, Mexican nationals who were tracked down by the cloned truck, were arrested and won weapons charges similar to those in the case.