Texas Border Business
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents and local law enforcement partners disrupted four human smuggling events.
On May 23, McAllen Border Patrol Station (MCS) agents apprehended eight migrants after the driver failed to yield and a pursuit ensued. MCS camera operators observed a Ford SUV load up migrants in a well-known smuggling area near Mission and notified local law enforcement. Moments later, Mission Police Department (MPD) encountered the vehicle and attempted to initiate a vehicle stop. The driver failed to yield and led officers on a pursuit. The driver, a U.S. citizen, eventually came to a stop in a parking lot. Agents responded to assist and determined eight migrants to be illegally present in the U.S. MPD took custody of the driver.
RGV agents received information regarding a suspected human smuggling stash house located in Donna on May 23. Agents responded to the location and encountered 29 migrants identified as citizens of Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Ecuador, and Cuba. No caretaker was identified.
Later that day, RGV agents working in coordination with Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office deputies received information of a suspected stash house in Edinburg. RGV agents and local law enforcement convened at the residence and discovered three migrants who were unlawfully present in the U.S. No caretaker was identified.
On May 24, Rio Grande City Border Patrol Station agents encountered 120 non-citizens near Roma. The group was initially observed by the Texas Military Department. The large group consisted of 31 unaccompanied children, 50 family unit members, and 39 single adults. The migrants are from Cuba, South and Central America.
Border Patrol processed all subjects accordingly.
