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Border Patrol arrests nearly 300 illegal immigrants in 18 hours
[FoxNews] U.S. Border Patrol agents in Texas, with the help of local law enforcement, arrested nearly 300 suspected illegal immigrants in a span of 18 hours last week, according to authorities.Agents shut down stash houses and foiled alleged smuggling attempts during four separate incidents that saw a total of 294 suspects arrested for trying to sneak into the U.S., according to authorities. At least 90 people taken into custody were from countries outside of Mexico. The first incident occurred Oct. 13, when agents from the Laredo South Station, working with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Webb County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO), searched a residence and discovered 123 individuals from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras "stashed inside." Authorities also encountered a sex offender inside the home, and immigrants were housed in unsanitary conditions, Laredo Sector Chief Patrol Agent Matthew J. Hudak said, according to the Laredo Morning Times. Just hours later, agents and the sheriff’s office executed another search warrant at an apartment where they found 13 suspected illegal immigrants from Mexico living inside, along with "numerous U.S. citizens" who were also taken into custody, CBP said.
The final incident occurred Oct. 14, when a canine alerted agents to another trailer at a checkpoint. A "non-intrusive" scan was conducted that led to 74 individuals being discovered inside a refrigerated trailer. Related: Laredo: 2020-10-10 American driver is arrested after more than 100 migrants from Central America and Mexico are found crammed into a stolen tractor trailer without masks in Texas Laredo: 2020-07-04 Mexico's military kills 12 cartel members in a shootout just 10 miles from the border with Texas Laredo: 2020-03-13 90 Migrants Found Packed in Tractor-Trailer at Texas Border Checkpoint Posted by: Skidmark 2020-10-21 |
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