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Texas authorities halted a vehicle attempting to carry more than 60 illegal immigrants across the border into the U.S. on Monday.
The Texas Department of Public Safety announced the bust on Monday, saying the driver attempted to smuggle the individuals inside a dump truck. The driver has since been arrested and the migrants were turned over to border officials, TDPS spokesman Lt. Chris Olivarez announced on Twitter.
"[TDPS] disrupted a human smuggling attempt on IH 35 in Cotulla. The driver attempted to smuggle 60+ illegal immigrants concealed inside a dump truck. Driver arrested & illegal immigrants turned over to #USBP - more details to come," Olivarez wrote.
Images from the scene show dozens of migrants, all young males, climbing out of the back of a dump truck.
TEXAS OFFICIALS STOP AIRPLANE HUMAN SMUGGLING ATTEMPT; ONE MIGRANT ALLEGEDLY PAID $11,000
Illegal immigrants in a single file line after driver is busted by Texas authorities. (Credit: @LtChrisOlivarez / Twitter)
Illegal immigrants walk in a single file line after driver is busted by Texas authorities. (Credit: @LtChrisOlivarez / Twitter)
TPDS routinely halts vehicles carrying migrants over the border, and officials have seen an uptick in smugglers attempting to cross the border by plane. The organization halted three such attempts in the 30 days leading up to October 3.
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"We're seeing an increase," Olivarez said of human smuggling attempts by plane. "It's started to become more common. But … these are small, private airports. They're not using the larger airports where there's TSA. These are the smaller airports where you don't have the security measures in place for private planes. It's kind of hard to … do surveillance at every single airport."
The bust comes more than a month after federal officials disrupted another large-scale human smuggling operation in September.
The feds arrested eight individuals who conspired to illegally transport and shield hundreds of migrants across the U.S. border, profiting nearly $2.3 million.
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"This human smuggling organization operated on an enormous scale, placing a high value on financial profit, while putting migrants’ lives at great risk," Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Polite, Jr. of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division said in a statement.
This is a developing story. Check back soon for updates.
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