Border Patrol agents stop 3 human smuggling attempts, more than 60 people arrested in 1 day

Article CAIRCO note: 
They are being arrested now.
Article author: 
Louis Casiano
Article publisher: 
Fox News
Article date: 
18 May 2020
Article category: 
National News
Medium
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Border Patrol agents in Texas stopped three human smuggling attempts last week, including one in which 48 people were found hidden in a tractor-trailer, officials said Monday ...

They were all arrested pending an investigation ...

Another smuggling incident was revealed an hour later when agents working a U.S. Highway 83 checkpoint found 10 people inside a tractor-trailer. The individuals were from Mexico and Ecuador and were arrested, along with the driver, a U.S. citizen.

The final incident occurred near U.S. HIghway 59 when agents on patrol stopped a pickup truck with four undocumented immigrants and a U.S. citizen driver. The passengers were from Mexico and Honduras.

All five people were placed under arrest ...