6 bodies found in Union Pacific boxcar in Laredo, Texas, near Mexico

Six radical were recovered dormant Sunday successful a Union Pacific Railroad boxcar successful Laredo, Texas, a metropolis connected the Mexican border, constabulary determination said.

A railroad worker recovered the bodies, constabulary said, adding that, "This is an connected going fluid investigation."

Union Pacific said successful a connection that it was "saddened by this incidental and is moving intimately with instrumentality enforcement to investigate." 

The radical weren't publically identified and authorities didn't instantly springiness immoderate much accusation astir the probe.

Temperatures reached 97 degrees successful Laredo connected Sunday afternoon, which means it astir apt felt hotter than 100 degrees successful the boxcar, according to CBS San Antonio affiliate KENS-TV.

Laredo is immoderate 157 miles southwest of San Antonio.

In:

• U.S.-Mexico Border