Border Patrol agents disrupt more than 50 human smuggling tries in El Paso area
by: Dave Burge
Posted: Feb 10, 2023 / 05:46 PM CST
Updated: Feb 10, 2023 / 05:47 PM CST
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – U.S. Border Patrol agents, operating in the El Paso Sector, disrupted numerous human smuggling schemes this week including discovering several stash houses.
According to Customs and Border Protection, El Paso Sector agents have disrupted 56 human smuggling events within the last seven days, leading to the discovery of more than 300 smuggled migrants.
In addition, since FY2023 began, agents have discovered 67 stash houses with over 874 migrants intercepted.
On Sunday, Feb. 5, agents assigned to the Santa Teresa Station Anti-Smuggling Unit (ASU) disrupted a smuggling attempt and found 26 smuggled migrants crammed inside two SUVs. Agents saw multiple people jumping into the vehicles on New Mexico Highway 9. Agents then stopped both vehicles, finding 12 migrants inside a Chevrolet Avalanche and 14 inside a Chevrolet Uplander. All migrants from Mexico and El Salvador, including five
unaccompanied minors from Mexico, were medically evaluated and processed.
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