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The authorities released the audio of a call to the emergency services (911) in which a group of ones 80 immigrants reported being locked inside a truck without being able to see the light and with lack of air to breathe, as reported this Thursday by several Hispanic media and Associated Pres .
The heartbreaking recording prompted authorities in the area of San Antonio, Texas, to initiate the immediate search for the “white pipe” described by the person who reported the case in Spanish. Along with her, you hear other people crying out for help and assuring that they cannot breathe.
- Can’t you see anything ?, asks the operator of the 911.
- No, we don’t see anything. We are inside a pipe, they answer on the other end of the phone.
Terrifying 911 call from migrants struggling to breathe inside a tanker truck somewhere in Texas. @JulioVaqueiro reports that there may be as many 80 people inside, some may have already died. So far the tanker still hasn’t been found. #Telemundo https://t.co/BIv2NOGUG0 pic.twitter.com/wmMfF5UEGB
– Gadi Schwartz (@GadiNBC) February 11, 2021
“The truck is stopped, it seems to me that next to you can hear the cars on the road ”, specifies the person who asks for help while making notable efforts to breathe. The type of truck they are in is often used to transport liquids or gases that can be dangerous, according to AP.
Some Local media also published images captured by security cameras showing the tanker in which these people would be.
# 02 Feb Texas authorities are looking for a tanker in which some 80 migrants who apparently entered the US irregularly. The search was triggered after a dramatic phone call one of the people made to 911. Report: @Doricer #TVV pic.twitter.com/jP6rUKi8IG
– TVV Noticias (@TVVnoticias) February 12, 2021
Federal and state authorities investigate the case as human trafficking and trace and are looking for the truck .
Javier Salazar, sheriff of Bexas County, where San Antonio is, told the AP that everything What I want at this time is to know if people survived n the trip and managed to reach their destinations. Salazar assures that he is not interested in prosecuting the people who were inside the pipe because they are the victims. But he adds that he wants those responsible to be held accountable.
