Border agents seize 44 Central American aliens from stash house in Texas
By Anna Giaritelli (@anna_giaritelli) • 1/6/17 7:25 PM
Federal law enforcement agents seized 44 illegal immigrants hiding out in a stash house in Donna, Texas, this week, Customs and Border Protection said Friday.
Border Patrol agents from the Laredo Sector and Rio Grande Valley Sector received a tip that the house was being used to hold illegal aliens. After obtaining a search warrant, law enforcement and agents found dozens of people originally from Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.
"The callous disregard for human life in which these persons were subjected to and the inhumane conditions that they were placed in demonstrates how heartless these smugglers can be," Laredo Sector Chief Patrol Agent Mario Martinez said in a statement.
"In this case, 44 illegal immigrants were spared from being held in a crammed stash house and a smuggler was apprehended," said Rio Grande Valley Sector Acting Chief Patrol Agent Raul Ortiz.
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