(CNN) Authorities in Texas are searching for at least 100 undocumented immigrants they say fled from a refrigerated truck parked at a gas station in the San Antonio area, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said at a press conference Thursday. Salazar said authorities received a call that "undocumented immigrants were being smuggled into the country" and that they were pleading for air. When deputies found the truck, they saw saw people jumping off it. As other deputies arrived, "a large crowd of people poured out of the truck and ran to the woods," Salazar said. But Salazar says he believes some of the smugglers could be among those who ran away from the truck.

Source: CNN February 19, 2021 12:00 UTC