Border Patrol Answers Cartel Human Smuggling Surge

Hundreds of agents head to Laredo

Hundreds of Border Patrol Agents are being temporarily reassigned to the Laredo, Texas Sector in response to an increase in cartel human smuggling activity there. ( US Customs & Border Protection photo)

The US Border Patrol is “surging” a large number of agents to its Laredo, Texas sector in response to a recent surge in cartel human smuggling activity there. Both NewsNation and The Daily Wire are reporting the surge will consist of “at least 200 agents,” with The Daily Wire’s Jennie Taer reporting the agents “are being pulled for 30-day volunteer duties to support colleagues in Laredo, Texas, who are trying to address a surge in “gotaways,” while NewsNation’s Ali Bradley reports her “sources say it’s because it is the busiest sector right now.”

“Everyone from across the country is getting sent there,” one Border Patrol source told The Daily Wire.

Here’s a look at what Laredo Sector agents have encountered in recent days:

CBP Agents intercepted almost two dozen illegal aliens packed inside the sleeper compartment of the cab of a truck crossing into Texas.

22 people inside a sleeper cab—including 2 unaccompanied minors — were apprehended in this recent human smuggling attempt in Laredo, Texas. (US Customs & Border Protection photo & graphic).

CBP agents and Laredo PD Officers stopped the human smuggler on Interstate 35 and discovered 22 illegal aliens:

• 19 from Mexico

• 1 from Guatemala

• 2 unaccompanied minors from Mexico.

The driver, a U.S. citizen, is facing alien smuggling charges.

Ten illegal aliens were found crammed into every nook and cranny of this semi-truck cab at a Laredo highway checkpoint. (US Border Patrol photos & graphic)

Also, in recent days, Laredo Border Patrol Agents found ten illegal aliens crammed inside the cab of yet another semi-truck driven by a human smuggler attempting to drive through one of their checkpoints:

• One 13-year-old was locked in a closet compartment of a semi.

• A pregnant woman was hidden in the back of the sleeper.

• Eight other illegal aliens were hiding under mattresses and in compartments.

The driver of this truck told Laredo Border Patrol Agents he was hauling “car parts” into the country. Officers found seven illegaln aliens hiding behind the matress inside the cargo compartment instead. (US Border Patrol photos & graphic)

And, in yet another unsuccessful attempt to smuggle illegal aliens through a Laredo checkpoint, a K9 alerted his Border Patrol handler that something was suspicious about a box truck a driver told them was loaded with “car parts.

Usein bold cutters to break into the cargo compartment, instead of “parts,” agents found seven illegal aliens hiding behind a mattress. They were deported back to Mexico.

The driver, a U.S. citizen and previously convicted felon, faces alien smuggling charges.

17 illegal aliens from three different countries were found by US Federal Agents inside this Laredo, Texas cartel “stash house” (US Border Patrol photos & graphic)

Elsewhere in Laredo, Border Patrol Agents also recently busted a “stash house,” where they discovered 17 aliens recently brought across the border by one of the cartels awaiting transportation deeper into the state, consisting of:

• 13 Mexican nationals

• 2 Mexican juveniles

• 1 Nicaraguan

• 1 Salvadoran

  Do you think a “surge” of US Border Patrol Agents will stem this cartel human smuggling surge in Laredo?

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  Abrazos,

  Jack Beavers

  

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