Three men have been arrested in connection with the human-smuggling tragedy in Texas that killed 51 people, and one of those men was found in a field near the Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland 'very high on meth'
Shoes and clothes left in the area where the abounded truck was found.The arrests came as authorities sifted through the identities of the victims and survivors in a humanitarian nightmare. Adding to the horror: One woman was misidentified after someone who was rescued alive from the truck was found to be carrying her stolen ID.
Stolen documents are commonly given to migrants by smugglers as part of a package that is sold to people willing to risk their lives to cross the border to America.
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