2 small children among 20 migrants being smuggled in sealed truck bed, cargo trailer
Border Crime
by: Staff report
Posted: May 14, 2021 / 02:44 PM GMT-0600 / Updated: May 14, 2021 / 02:44 PM GMT-0600
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — U.S. Border Patrol agents rescued a group of undocumented immigrants, including two young children, who were being smuggled in the bed of a truck and a small cargo trailer.
According to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection news release, a drug-sniffing dog alerted border agents to the pickup Tuesday at the Border Patrol checkpoint on Interstate 10 near Sierra Blanca, Texas.
Sierra Blanca Border Patrol agents encountered a large human smuggling scheme at the Interstate 10 immigration checkpoint near Sierra Blanca, Texas. (Courtesy CBP)
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Agents said they found the migrants in the bed of the truck, which was sealed shut with a plastic cover, and inside the trailer, which could only be opened from the outside.
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