El Paso Sector disrupts multiple smuggling schemes and apprehends convicted Mexican national
Release Date:
September 30, 2021
EL PASO, Texas
El Paso Sector Border Patrol Agents working in Southern New Mexico and West Texas have had a busy week that included disrupting multiple smuggling schemes and apprehending a Mexican national convicted of assault with a deadly weapon.
Agents working in Las Cruces, New Mexico, assisted New Mexico State Police Officers who had detained a white Dodge Durango on Sept. 26. Agents encountered nine migrants who were put in danger due to the lack of seat belts for all of the occupants. In total, there were eleven people in the vehicle. The driver and front passenger were identified as the principal smugglers and will be facing charges under 8 USC 1324, Conspiracy to Transport Illegal Aliens and Transportation of Illegal Aliens. This event led to Las Cruces agents coordinating with agents from the Santa Teresa, New Mexico, Border Patrol Station, El Paso Sector Intelligence Unit and agents from Homeland Security Investigations, who then discovered an additional 32 migrants being held in a stash house in Canutillo, Texas. All migrants associated with these events were expelled under Title 42.
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/el-paso-sector-disrupts-multiple-smuggling-schemes-and-apprehends
