{"id":226846,"date":"2026-05-11T05:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T05:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/226846\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T05:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T05:10:10","slug":"6-people-found-dead-inside-texas-railroad-boxcar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/226846\/","title":{"rendered":"6 people found dead inside Texas railroad boxcar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Six bodies were mysteriously discovered inside a train boxcar in Laredo, Texas, on Sunday, according to authorities. <\/p>\n<p>A Union Pacific worker stumbled upon the dead bodies in a train yard at a remote location near the Mexican Border, according to Laredo \u200bPolice Investigator Joe Baeza.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39340239\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/127436992.jpg\" alt=\"A Union Pacific freight train, number 7262, on tracks with forested mountains in the background.\" class=\"wp-image-39340239\"  \/>Six bodies were mysteriously discovered inside a train boxcar in Laredo, Texas, on Sunday. Country Gate Prod. \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n<p>Cops and firefighters at the scene confirmed the six people had died, but authorities have not yet determined the cause of their deaths, police said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnion Pacific is saddened by this incident and is working closely with law enforcement to investigate,\u201d \u00a0Daryl Bjoraas, a spokesman for Union Pacific, said in a statement to The Post.<\/p>\n<p>There were no survivors, and police have not said where the individuals were from. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cImagine a loading dock at a seaport, but for trains,\u201d Baeza <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/people-found-dead-cargo-train-boxcar-texas-rcna344462\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">explained to NBC News.<\/a> \u201cThis is where they load and unload a lot of rail cars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50588235;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39340241\" width=\"888\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/127437015.jpg\" alt=\"Front view of Union Pacific locomotive 1016 at a rail crossing.\" class=\"wp-image-39340241\"  \/>Temperatures in Laredo on Sunday reached a scorching high of 97 degrees Fahrenheit. Eduardo Barraza \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n<p>Previous instances of deaths in train cars near the US-Mexico border have been related to migrants and human smuggling operations \u2014 including\u00a0the 53 migrants who were found\u00a0in the back of a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/06\/27\/at-least-42-migrants-found-dead-inside-tractor-trailer-in-texas-reports\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sweltering tractor-trailer in Texas in 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/03\/24\/two-migrants-found-dead-in-texas-train-car-10-others-rescued\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">12 migrants, including two who were dead,<\/a> were found inside a locked train car that had been sitting in sweltering temperatures 20 miles east of Uvalde.<\/p>\n<p>Temperatures in Laredo on Sunday reached a scorching high of 97 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the National Weather Service. <\/p>\n<p>An investigation into the incident remains ongoing. <\/p>\n<p>With Post wires<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Six bodies were mysteriously discovered inside a train boxcar in Laredo, Texas, on Sunday, according to authorities. 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