Devastating Deaths News Today

A survivor of the tragic semi-truck incident that killed 53 migrants trying to get to the United States has talked to the media from her hospital bed in Texas. Yenifer Yulisa Cardona Tomás is 20 years old and hails from the capital of Guatemala, Guatemala City.

Mexico journalist deaths continue to occur, with the country recording its 12th slain journalist this year.

The San Antonio Semi-Truck Tragedy, where dozens of migrants were found dead inside a tractor-trailer, has now become the deadliest smuggling episode along the U.S.-Mexico border. Two more people died on Wednesday, increasing the death toll to 53.

A fire that started amid a prison riot in a Colombia jail killed over 50 people and injured 30 on Tuesday.

President Joe Biden and his administration announce a vaccine strategy for monkeypox while cases of the disease surpass the 300 mark on Tuesday.