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'VIP trips' cost migrants their lives in Texas smuggling tragedy

At first, Mexican migrants Pablo Ortega and Julio Lopez enjoyed the smuggling equivalent of a first-class ticket to the United States: complimentary beers, safe houses with video games, even a week at a hunting ranch.

Reuters

Uvalde school shooting survivor Mayah Zamora discharged from San Antonio hospital

Ten-year-old Mayah Nicole Zamora, critically injured in the shooting at Robb Elementary School, goes home after 66 days, with the hospital hailing her a "hero".

ABC News

Texas mom who disappeared in ‘bizarre’ incident found dead in her car at shopping centre

A security guard at the San Antonio parking lot called police on Saturday evening after he saw a woman’s body inside a parked car and ‘reported a foul odour coming from’ inside

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A 14-year-old went to Texas to help his family build a bigger house in Guatemala. Now his family is burying him.

Juan Wilmer Tulul Tepaz was one of the 53 migrants who died after being trapped in a tractor-trailer in San Antonio. His body was returned to his village, which has buried several youths who left to seek better lives in the U.S.

The Texas Tribune

Cartels, safe houses, and WhatsApp ransoms: US-Mexico migrant smuggling is now worth $13bn

Trump-era border shutdown helped drive rise in smuggling

The Independent UK

Migrant Deaths Are a Feature—Not a Bug—of U.S. Immigration Policy

Governor Greg Abbott says he can make coming to the U.S. more miserable than being smuggled in the back of a tractor-trailer.

Texas Observer

Dejounte Murray: ‘I loved my time in San Antonio, I made my first All-Star Game there’

How was it for you to become an All-Star in San Antonio last season and transition to the move to Atlanta this offseason? Dejounte Murray: It really was a credit to my hard work and being a great person. Most importantly, it was my work ethic to ...

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What's changed at Navistar a year after Traton's $3.7B takeover?

A year after Traton Group's $3.7 billion takeover of Navistar International Corp., the German truck holding company's sway is noticeable in new faces, a bigger push on electric trucks and a decidedly Swedish influence in product development.

Benzinga

Two men indicted in San Antonio migrant trailer tragedy

The Attorney General’s Office could authorize prosecutors to seek the death penalty

The Independent UK

2 men are indicted in the tractor-trailer case that left migrants dead in Texas

A federal grand jury indicted Homero Zamorano Jr. and Christian Martinez, both of Pasadena, Texas, on counts of transporting and conspiring to transport migrants illegally resulting in death.

WEKU

2 Texas men indicted over tractor-trailer tragedy that left 53 people dead

Migrants were found inside a tractor-trailer in the searing heat in San Antonio last month.

Axios

2 Texas men are indicted in the migrant death-trailer case

Two men have been indicted in the case of a tractor-trailer rig found with 53 dead or dying migrants inside in San Antonio

The Independent UK

Is Apple’s taco emoji actually authentic?

G Daniela Galarza has a soft spot for all kinds of tacos, whether it’s the puffy kind from San Antonio or the Americanised hard shells. These vegan ones are pretty neat, too

The Independent UK

Editorial: Border Patrol stopped counting migrant deaths. We need that information now

The tragic deaths of 53 migrants in a San Antonio truck last month was appalling, but it may be only a narrow insight into the loss of life on and near the southern border. An actual number of recent immigrant deaths is hard to come by because U.S. Customs Border…

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Spurs Rookie Takes a Shot at Westbrook, Instantly Regrets It

During a game for the cameras, San Antonio’s first-round draft pick took a jab at the Lakers point guard.

Sports Illustrated

Johnson, Spurs Agree to Four-Year, $80 Million Extension

The Olympic gold medalist is coming off of a breakout 2021–22 season in San Antonio.

The Independent UK

Guatemala returns 1st of its 21 victims from Texas trailer

Guatemala has repatriated its first victim from the failed smuggling attempt that left 53 migrants from Mexico and Central America dead last month in San Antonio, Texas

Texas Observer

Is San Antonio for the Birds?

Amid growing urban-wildlife conflict, a fight over Brackenridge Park calls into question the rights of nature.

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Reuters

Mexican families hold funerals for migrants who died in Texas trailer tragedy

In small towns in eastern and western Mexico, hundreds of mourners gathered in the predawn hours on Thursday to hold the first funerals for migrants who died last month while being smuggled in a suffocating trailer in San Antonio, Texas.

Al Jazeera

Bodies of migrants who died in Texas truck returned to Mexico

Mexico bringing back bodies of 25 victims who died in a truck that was abandoned in the sweltering heat in San Antonio.

The Texas Tribune

“She didn’t deserve to die like this”: Mom who lost her daughter in trailer tragedy visits site in San Antonio

Adela Betulia Ramírez Quezada was trying to reunite with her mother and two sisters in California. The morning that she climbed in to a trailer with dozens of others, she called her mother to say they would see each other soon.

The Guardian - UK

Extreme heat around the world in videos, photos and graphics

From wildfires to glacier collapses, a flurry of extreme heat events have led to deaths and disrupted lives since the start of the month

Los Angeles Times

Gustavo Arellano: Jill Biden and the GOP are two sides of the same breakfast taco

Dr. Jill Biden stood before a packed hotel banquet room this week in San Antonio and tried to inspire everyone by talking about her husband's record on Latino issues.

The Independent UK

Doorbell camera captures last known image of Texas mom before ‘bizarre’ disappearance

Chrissy Powell, 39, left behind medication, her iPhone and iWatch when she was rushing off to work on 5 July

Daily Mirror

Mystery as eerie footage shows mum leaving home before she suddenly vanished

Christina Lee Powell, of San Antonio, in the US, was last seen rushing to leave her house in doorbell cam footage last week after calling work to let them know she was running late

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