FBI: Migrants are being held by smugglers in El Paso stash houses until ransoms are paid
Adry Torres For Dailymail.com - Yesterday 4:55 PM
The FBI has seen a growing number of cases in which smugglers working with drug cartels are holding migrants at stash houses in southwestern Texas and releasing them as long as their families pay ransoms that in some instances are as high as $10,000.
Since February, agents from the federal law enforcement agency’s El Paso field office have apprehended 15 individuals involved in the kidnappings of migrants in which ransoms were requested, Fox News Digital reported.
FBI Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey R. Downey told the site that the FBI was worried more about ‘well-being’ of migrants and not if they had crossed the United States-Mexico border legally or illegally.
“These victims endure so many frightening situations along their journey moving up towards the United States, only to find themselves being threatened with violence or become victims of violent acts,” Downey said.
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