Eight people found dead in back of semi trailer.Police looking into if it was human trafficking.

Discussion in 'Other News' started by pattyj, Jul 23, 2017.

  1. Scooter Jones

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    I suspect the feds served a warrant on Pyle's place of business and took control within 5 minutes after the police were dispatched to the scene.

    If he's not complicit in the crime itself, I suspect he still will not survive the scrutiny.
     
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  3. pattyj

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    I copied a news link and posted in the other thread going about this situation. Driver didn't have a current medical card and was back to work after having his leg amputated, and had recently just bought the tractor. How did Pyle let him back to work even as an O/O without his card? Unless he was transporting the trailer for someone else. Why would Pyle leave their name on it if they sold it? I know that's a small issue compared to the loss of human life, but man what a mess this is. Sad all the way around.
     
  5. kimbosa

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    Mexico is so bad you would put your children and yours selfs in this kind of death trap. Who on there right mind whould harm and possibly kill your children.
     
  6. STexan

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    I'm not trying to get political with this matter but probably the best story tellers of our time presents a very moving imagination of the journey based on some accountings from other survivors. This starts at about 30:25 and lasts about 8 minutes

    From the Glenn Beck Radio Show on 7/26/17, hour 2 opening monologue segment ...
     
  7. A21CAV

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    Saw a Pyle truck and trailer on Carrier Drive in Laredo today. I wonder if they're going back for another load hoping lightening doesn't strike twice. Okay, probably not.

    Frank
     
  8. BoostedTeg

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    Why didn't he at least turn the reefer on for them?
     
  9. Pumpkin Oval Head

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    I read somewhere that it was not working. I do not know if that is true or not.
     
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  11. Scooter Jones

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    From the article:

    "But behind that image was a cutthroat business that flouted federal laws for years, yet managed to stay afloat despite financial troubles and tangles with prosecutors, regulators and tax collectors, according to public records and interviews with former drivers."
     
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