Tragedy in San Antonio: What was sprinkled in the trailer to hide the smell of the immigrants’ corpses

• Migrants found dead in San Antonio, Texas.
• The tragedy in San Antonio shocked the entire country.
• Disturbing detail revealed about the trailer.

They sprinkled seasoning in the trailer to hide the smell of corpses. The American Dream has been the goal of thousands of migrants who enter the country illegally, hoping to find a better life. However, not many can fulfill this dream, since to achieve this goal it is necessary to go through various obstacles, some of them deadly.

On Monday, a tragedy occurred in San Antonio, Texas when the authorities found a trailer with the lifeless bodies of over 50 immigrants. Now, new details have emerged about this incident, which was even more upsetting news for their relatives.

The trailer was covered in seasoning to mask smell of corpses

The San Antonio border horror that left at least 51 immigrants dead, was especially shocking because of the way the victims were packed into the truck. In addition, a disturbing detail has been revealed. The criminals attempted to mask the smell of the bodies.

An emergency call, made by an unknown person, alerted the Texas authorities to the abandoned trailer’s location. When checking the truck, they discovered the bodies of people who were trying to reach this country, according to the New York Post.

The trailer was sprinkled with steak seasoning

According to the police who carried out the investigation, the bodies that were in the trailer supposedly were sprinkled with steak seasoning to mask their smell. A truly horrifying situation, for all migrants.

Given this situation, a law enforcement official said that many of the estimated 100 people who were packed into the tractor-trailer in San Antonio appeared to have been covered in spices to cover the smell during the human smuggling tragedy, according to the TexasTribune. Filed Under: They Spray Corpses Smell Trailer

Some tried to escape

Upon arrival at the crime scene, officers also found bodies in neighboring blocks near the truck’s location, suggesting that some of the migrants tried to escape while the vehicle was still in motion, the New York Post said.

It is worth mentioning that the trailer was “cloned”, according to what the owner of a local Alamo-based trucking company told the media. It was painted it to match one of his own, right down to copying the registration number of the Department of Transportation on the vehicle. Filed Under: They Spray Corpses Smell Trailer

Truck driver captured

According to the businessman, who came out to defend his own company: “Our refrigerator [the truck] it’s right in the yard,” said Felipe Betancourt Jr., owner of Betancourt Trucking with his father. «That one in San Antonio is not our trailer.»

Fortunately, the truck driver was apprehended by authorities in a nearby field and taken into federal custody, police said. Two other men were also arrested. Authorities said one of the suspects is a US citizen. Filed Under: They Spray Corpses Smell Trailer