Migrants-turned-smugglers told to drive through Border Patrol checkpoint
by: Julian Resendiz
Posted: Apr 1, 2024 / 03:14 PM CDT
Updated: Apr 1, 2024 / 03:14 PM CDT
Driver of pickup carrying 11 comes to halt after watching border agent place tire-deflation device ahead of him
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EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Two Mexican migrants are facing federal charges for allegedly agreeing to drive 11 other unauthorized non-citizens through a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint last week.
Tuesday’s arrest of Antonio Ordaz Garcia and Manuel Olivares Rodriguez on a highway west of Las Cruces, New Mexico, is part of a trend of smuggling organizations recruiting those under their care for dangerous tasks that could also land them in jail, federal officials said.
Alleged asylum-seeker turned smuggler leads deputies on multi-county chase
The arrest happened after an agent with the Border Patrol’s Anti-Smuggling Unit spotted a suspicious vehicle on NM State Road 26 near a checkpoint on Interstate 10. The agent noticed the red Chevrolet Avalanche extended cab pickup with its rear heavily laden. The agent approached the vehicle from the back and witnessed the driver begin to drive erratically.
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