77 migrants including one fugitive discovered in stash houses
Release Date Thu, 09/26/2024
EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol Agents and law enforcement partners arrested an individual wanted for murder as part of a group of 77 smuggled migrants discovered in two stash houses in El Paso on Tuesday.
U.S. Border Patrol El Paso Sector Anti-Smuggling Units (ASU), Homeland Security Investigations, El Paso Texas Constables and Texas Department of Public Safety served a warrant on a property on Overland Avenue encountering 72 individuals living in overcrowded and squalid conditions. Border Patrol Agents had received information regarding a possible stash house in that area.
When searching the premises, agents located migrants inside a storage shed with limited air flow, small windows and piles of trash. Agents identified two of the migrants at the property as the caretakers of the residence and both will face charges for human smuggling.
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/77-migrants-including-one-fugitive-discovered-stash-houses
