Texas Border Business
FALFURRIAS, Texas – On Sunday, Border Patrol agents at the Falfurrias Checkpoint discovered 31 illegal aliens inside a refrigerated trailer.
Early Sunday morning, Falfurrias agents referred a tractor-trailer to secondary inspection after the service K-9 alerted during the immigration inspection. At secondary, agents discovered 31 subjects hiding amongst the commodity inside the refrigerated trailer. The subjects were determined to be from the countries of Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Peru. The group consisted of 30 adults and one unaccompanied juvenile. The driver was placed under arrest and all subjects were escorted inside the checkpoint for processing.
Border Patrol turned over the case to Homeland Security Investigations. All subjects will be processed accordingly.
The Rio Grande Valley Sector currently has multiple campaigns focused on rescues and danger awareness, such as “Operation Big Rig” and “No Se Arriesgue” to combat smuggling and ultimately save lives. Call 911 to report suspicious activity; “They’re humans, not cargo!”
Even with the spread of the COVID-19 virus, human smugglers continue to try these brazen attempts with zero regard for the lives they endanger nor to the health of the citizens of our great nation. The U.S. Border Patrol agents of the Rio Grande Valley Sector will continue to safeguard the nation and community against these criminal elements.
