Agents stop semi traveling 95 mph with 12 migrants in cab
The U.S. Border Patrol Station in Van Horn, Texas.
Trucker charged with transportation of unauthorized non-citizens allegedly circumvented Border Patrol checkpoint in West Texas
by: Julian Resendiz
Posted: Aug 12, 2023 / 10:19 AM CDT
Updated: Aug 12, 2023 / 10:19 AM CDT
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A federal grand jury has charged the driver of a tractor-trailer allegedly caught transporting a dozen unauthorized migrants from El Paso to Dallas on Interstate 10 East at speeds of up to 95 miles per hour.
Cesar Bejarano is facing charges of conspiracy to transport unauthorized non-citizens and committing a federal offense for financial gain. The charges leveled against Bejarano on Wednesday stem from Homeland Security Investigations surveillance conducted on July 11 in the El Paso area and a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle stop the following day on I-10, several miles east of Van Horn, Texas.
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HSI agents received information about a possible human smuggling scheme and watched several vehicles approach a parked black semi with no license plates, court records show. The vehicles came and left, which the agents later stated is consistent with smugglers dropping migrants off for transportation. As more vehicles came, the agents noticed the truck now had license plates.
The agents sent a be-on-the-lookout (BOLO) advisory as the truck headed east on Interstate 10. All traffic leaving the vicinity of the Mexican border must pass through Border Patrol checkpoints. The semi, however, wasn’t spotted until 5:45 a.m. on July 12 along mile marker 153, well east of the Sierra Blanca, Texas, Border Patrol checkpoint, court records show.
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