Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents and law enforcement partners encounter stolen vehicles used for human smuggling
Release Date:
January 19, 2022
LAREDO, Texas – Border Patrol agents assigned to the Cotulla Station and local law enforcement partners discover multiple stolen vehicles involved in human smuggling.
The first incident occurred in the early morning of Jan. 16, when Cotulla Station agents attempted a vehicle stop on a red pickup truck near the 63-mile marker of Interstate 35 (I-35). The driver failed to stop and La Salle County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to assist. Agents successfully deployed a vehicle immobilization device. The vehicle became immobilized on top the railroad tracks near the 77-mile marker as the occupants fled from the vehicle. Agents apprehended six undocumented individuals hiding in the brush nearby.
The second vehicle was encountered near Dilley, Texas later that same morning. Record checks revealed the white pickup truck had been reported stolen from Midland, Texas. Dilley Police Department officers and Frio County Sheriff’s Office deputies attempted to conduct a vehicle stop but the vehicle drove off the road and through a ranch fence. Three undocumented individuals were apprehended.
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