42 Migrants Found in Human Stash Houses in Texas near Border
Photo: U.S. Border Patrol/Rio Grande Valley Sector
29 Apr 2021
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents rescued two groups of migrants from human smuggling stash houses in two separate incidents.
Rio Grande City Border Patrol agents received a call for assistance from the Escobares Police Department Sunday night regarding a suspected human smuggling stash house operation, according to information obtained from Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol officials. The agents teamed up with local police, armed with a search warrant, and conducted a check on the suspected stash house.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents have encountered 35 groups of over 100 illegal immigrants in the Rio Grande Valley sector this year, including two groups that were apprehended on Tuesday, according to a CBP press release.
Rio Grande City Border Patrol (RGC) observed dozens of individuals, including family members and unaccompanied children, crossing the Rio Grande after receiving a report of a large group attempting to unlawfully cross the U.S.-Mexico border.
Agents ultimately apprehended 145 illegal immigrants, including 121 family members and 24 unaccompanied illegal immigrant children.
RGC agents encountered the second group, totaling 131 people, near La Grulla, Texas. The second large group consisted of 99 family members, 28 illegal immigrant children traveling alone, and four single adults.
Border Patrol Resumes Reporting Mass Illegal Alien Arrests
EDINBURG, TX – After several days of silence, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents resumed reporting mass illegal alien arrests along the border. Reports out of Washington D.C. indicate the Biden Administration had instructed agents to stop reporting on the surge of illegal border crossings but those reports have not been confirmed.
The surge of unaccompanied alien children continues at an alarming rate.
The following is the first report of the arrests of large groups of illegal aliens since last week.
Rio Grande City Border Patrol (RGC) station agents encountered two large groups of illegal aliens entering in Starr County, Texas.
276 Migrants Apprehended in Two Groups Crossing Border into Texas
7 Apr 2021
Rio Grande Valley Sector agents apprehended two large groups of migrants at separate locations along the Texas-Mexico border. The near-simultaneous crossings resulted in the apprehension of 276 migrants, including family units and unaccompanied minors.
Rio Grande City Station Border Patrol agents working the Rio Grande near Roma, Texas, on Tuesday received information about a large group crossing the border, according to information obtained from Border Patrol officials. As the agents arrived on the scene, they observed a group of 145 migrants who had just crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico.
Rio Grande City Border Patrol agents apprehended 2 groups totaling 276 illegal aliens.