官员们说，一辆货运列车发出的绝望的911电话使德克萨斯州当局找到了被困在令人窒息的货车车厢内的12名移民，其中一人当场被宣布死亡，另外三人需要住院治疗。
这一发现是周六下午在美墨边境得克萨斯州伊格尔帕斯附近发现的，并且是在一天后发现17名移民当局称，他们被锁在一个“令人窒息”的火车货运集装箱里，其中包括两名遇难者。
联合太平洋铁路公司的一位发言人说，周六下午4点30分左右，事故发生在联合太平洋铁路的一个调车场，当时停在调车场的一辆货车车厢内有人拨打了911。
一名移民被宣布当场死亡。据鹰隘口消防部门称，另外三名移民被送往鹰隘口的邓肯堡地区医疗中心接受治疗。
联合太平洋公司说，它联系了美国边境巡逻队，后者拘留了另外八名幸存者。
美国国土安全部启动了一项人口走私调查。尚未宣布逮捕任何人。
墨西哥驻鹰眼关领事馆发表声明，称已了解此事。据领事馆称，在事件中死亡的移民是一名成年墨西哥国民。
领事馆说，其他获救的移民来自厄瓜多尔、墨西哥、洪都拉斯和哥伦比亚。
根据乌瓦尔德警察局的一份声明，事件发生的前一天，在乌瓦尔德县德克萨斯州克尼帕附近的联合太平洋货运列车集装箱中发现了17名移民，其中包括两名死亡的男子
一名身份不明的第三方来电者通知警方，有许多移民被困在“令人窒息”的集装箱内。当局说，美国边境巡逻队将火车停在克尼帕附近的90号公路旁，并发现了这些移民。
德克萨斯州公共安全部和国土安全部正在调查这起事件。
1 dead, 3 injured after 911 call leads to trapped migrants found in boxcar
A desperate 911 call made from a freight train led Texas authorities to 12 migrants trapped inside a stifling boxcar, including one who was pronounced dead at the scene and three others in need of hospitalization, officials said.
The discovery was made on Saturday afternoon near Eagle Pass, Texas, on the U.S.-Mexico border and came a day after17 migrants were foundlocked in a "suffocating" train freight container in Uvalde County, including two who perished, authorities said.
Saturday's incident unfolded about 4:30 p.m. at a Union Pacific rail yard, when someone from inside a boxcar parked at the yard called 911, a Union Pacific spokesperson said.
One migrant was pronounced dead at the scene. Three other migrants were taken to a Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center in Eagle Pass for treatment, according to the Eagle Pass Fire Department.
Union Pacific said it contacted the U.S. Border Patrol, which detained the eight additional survivors.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has launched a human smuggling investigation. No arrests have been announced.
The Mexican Consulate of Eagle Pass released statement, saying it was aware of the incident. The migrant who died in the episode was an adult Mexican national, according to the consulate.
The others migrants rescued were from Ecuador, Mexico, Honduras, and Colombia, the consulate said.
The incident came a day after 17 migrants were discovered in a Union Pacific freight train container near Knippa, Texas, in Uvalde County, including two men who died, according to a statement from the Uvalde Police Department
Police were notified by an unidentified third-party caller that there were numerous migrants trapped inside the "suffocating" container. The U.S. Border Patrol was to able to get the train stopped alongside Highway 90 near Knippa and discovered the migrants, authorities said.
The Texas Department of Public Safety and the Department of Homeland Security are investigating the incident.
