BAYTOWN, Texas (AP) — Three illegal immigrants were found dead inside a railroad hopper car Tuesday, two days after fellow immigrants escaped the sweltering car and left behind their weakened companions.

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The car was found in a railyard in Baytown, just east of Houston and more than 240 miles east of La Coste, but by then the immigrants were dead, Union Pacific spokesman Mark Davis said.

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