Texas Border Business
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Border Patrol agents arrest 45 migrants in a Sullivan City, Texas, stash house and disrupt a migrant smuggling attempt with Hidalgo County Constables.
Yesterday morning, McAllen Border Patrol Station agents responded to an Hidalgo County constable’s request for assistance on a vehicle stop near the cross street of Los Ebanos and 2 Mile Road in Mission, Texas. Agents interviewed the subjects from the vehicle and determined the two United States citizens were smuggling two Mexican citizens. Agents took custody of both U.S. citizens and the smuggled migrants. All individuals were transported to the McAllen station for processing.
Shortly after, RGV agents received information regarding a Sullivan City, Texas, residence being used to harbor illegally present migrants. RGV agents encountered and apprehended 45 migrants at the location. The migrants are citizens of Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Brazil. Within the group were two unaccompanied children from Guatemala. No caretaker was identified.
Border Patrol processed all subjects accordingly.
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.U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation’s borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.
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