Border Patrol agents in Texas discover migrants smuggled inside toolboxes at checkpoint
Bradford Betz - Yesterday 6:52 PM
Border Patrol agents in Texas discovered three migrants locked inside a toolbox while inspecting a vehicle at a border checkpoint on Thursday.
El Paso Border Patrol Chief Gloria Chavez said a "ruthless smuggler" had locked the migrants in the metal toolboxes and were transporting them in "extreme summer heat."
Agents discovered the migrants during a secondary inspection of a black Chevrolet Silverado with a New Mexico license plate after a K-9 agent alerted them to the back of the truck.
The truck driver, a U.S. citizen, told the agents he had some marijuana and a handgun with him, CBP said. The agents questioned him about what was inside the toolbox and he told them he did not have keys to open it. Agents arrested the driver and pried open the toolbox’s padlocks revealing the migrants crammed inside with restricted oxygen.
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