On Sunday afternoon, six bodies were found inside a Union Pacific boxcar at a railyard in Laredo, Texas, prompting an active investigation by local authorities. The Laredo Police Department received the call shortly after 2:30 PM near mile marker 13 along 12100 Jim Young Way. Investigators confirmed that the deceased were found in a cargo train car, and while it remains unclear how long they had been trapped, temperatures in the area reached the upper 90s Fahrenheit. The police have not yet determined if heat exposure contributed to the deaths, but the sealed metal boxcar would have quickly become dangerously hot. The ongoing investigation has not revealed whether the victims were migrants or how the bodies were discovered. Laredo is a critical trade gateway between the United States and Mexico, with Union Pacific operating a significant freight corridor through the area.