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Continued Law Enforcement Collaboration Halts a Unique Human Smuggling Attempt
Continued Law Enforcement Collaboration Halts a Unique Human Smuggling Attempt
Release Date: February 26, 2021
LAREDO, TEXAS – Border Patrol agents assigned to the Laredo South Station, with collaboration from Laredo Police Department (LPD) and Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), halted a unique human smuggling attempt that involved an ice cream truck in south Laredo.
The incident occurred in the early evening of February 24, when agents observed individuals getting into several vehicles to include an ice cream vendor truck. Agents requested assistance from LPD and DPS and together they were able to apprehend 17 individuals in relation to the truck. All the people found inside including the driver and passenger, both United States citizens, were arrested.