Texas man, 38, charged after officers find 84 illegal immigrants being smuggled in dump truck
Robert Flores Jr. traveled on Texas ranch road to avoid US border checkpoint, officials say
By Greg Norman | Fox News
Texas authorities find 60 illegal immigrants being smuggled in dump truck
The Texas Department of Public Safety released video of officials stopping a truck carrying 60 illegal immigrants, who were turned over to U.S. Border Patrol.
A 38-year-old Texas man is facing dozens of charges after officials say they captured him trying to smuggle 84 illegal immigrants across the U.S. border in the cargo area of a dump truck.
Robert Flores Jr., of Poteet, was taken into custody Tuesday morning following a commercial motor vehicle inspection along Interstate Highway 35 in Cotulla, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
"Through further investigation, Flores traveled through a private ranch road circumventing the United States Border Patrol checkpoint in Webb County," the Texas DPS said in a statement.
"During the stop, numerous individuals absconded from the truck's cargo area into the brush," the statement added. "The trooper discovered 84 illegal immigrants concealed inside the cargo area."
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