Laredo Sector Border Patrol Continues to Rescue Individuals from Grain Hopper Railcars
Release Date:
June 22, 2021
LAREDO, Texas – The dangerous practice by human smugglers and undocumented individuals using grain hopper railcars to further their dangerous journey into the United States continue to be discovered by Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents.
During the early morning of June 22, agents assigned to the Hebbronville Station conducted a train inspection in Hebbronville, Texas and discovered an unlatched grain hopper railcar. At the bottom of the grain hopper, agents found 15 individuals. Another individual was apprehended as he tried to conceal himself in a separate railcar. The individuals were found to be in the United States illegally from the country of Mexico. All were medically evaluated by Border Patrol Emergency Medical Technicians and cleared for processing.
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