6 people found dead inside cargo train boxcar in Texas

Six people were found dead in a cargo train boxcar near a Laredo, Texas, rail yard Sunday, officials said

Six people were found dead in a cargo train boxcar near a Laredo, Texas, rail yard Sunday, officials said.

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Police responded after a Union Pacific employee called to report a “trailer box car with the discovery of multiple casualties in the car” around 3 p.m. local time, police said.

The ages of the victims and the origin of the train were not immediately released. Jose Baeza, an investigator with the Laredo Police Department, said those questions are “at the crux of the ongoing fluid investigation.”