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17 migrants found in locked trailer in South Texas
By Sandra Sanchez,
2024-07-27
McALLEN, Texas ( Border Report ) — Border Patrol agents this week rescued 17 migrants from a locked tractor-trailer and pulled a woman from the Rio Grande where she nearly drowned, according to officials with the Laredo Sector.
The rescue happened at night near Encinal, Texas, which is 40 miles northeast of Laredo.
Photos show the migrants, including children, sitting inside the empty metal trailer and on the shoulder of a road.
Migrants apprehended from a locked tractor-trailer on Tuesday, are seen sitting next to it in Encinal, Texas. (Photo Courtesy Border Patrol Laredo Sector) Drug kingpin ‘El Mayo’ arrested in El Paso
Encinal police helped in the operation, which the Laredo sector chief said was a “foiled human smuggling attempt.”
The arrests come as Homeland Security Investigations this week launched an operation to warn migrants and their families of the dangers of human trafficking through South Texas during deadly triple-digit summer heat.
U.S. Border Patrol agents in Laredo, Texas, rescued a woman who was drowning in the Rio Grande this week while crossing with a group. (Photo Courtesy Laredo Border Patrol Sector)
“A woman in the group began to drown, and the crew quickly pulled her out of the water. The female subject was unresponsive, but after quick medical aid by the crew she regained consciousness.”
Mark Lippa, HSI deputy special agent in charge, told Border Report earlier this week that human smuggling is very dangerous.
“The migrants are often found in conditions that are not worthy of humans,” he said.
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