281 Human Smuggling Stash Houses Busted in FY23 in Single Texas Border Sector
BOB PRICE12 Oct 20239
El Paso Sector Border Patrol agents raided more than 280 human smuggling stash houses during the recently ended Fiscal Year 2023. The raids on the stash house operations in far West Texas and southern New Mexico led to the apprehension of more than 3,600 migrants who were in the process of being smuggled into the U.S. interior.
El Paso Sector Border Patrol officials report their agents participated in the disruption of 281 human smuggling stash house operations during FY23, which ended on September 30. This is up from approximately 240 the previous year — an increase of more than 17 percent. The El Paso Sector area of responsibility included the far western portion of Texas and the New Mexico border with Mexico.
During the stash house raids, agents apprehended 3,665 smuggled migrants, KFOX14 in El Paso reported. Officials report the migrants are frequently packed into overcrowded houses and other deplorable conditions.
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2023/10/12/281-human-smuggling-stash-houses-busted-in-fy23-in-single-texas-border-sector/
