01/07/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/07/2021 15:56 Combined Law Enforcement Action Shuts Down Stash Houses LAREDO, TEXAS - Within hours of each other, Laredo Sector Border Patrol, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Webb County Sherriff's Office (WCSO) and Webb County Constables Precinct 2 (WCCO) shut down two stash houses that were harboring 114 illegal aliens in south Laredo. The incident occurred during the midafternoon of January 6, when agents along with HSI and WCCO deputies, conducted a consensual search of a residence located on Lane Street that resulted in the arrest of 44 illegal aliens. Within a few hours, agents discovered that a second residence on San Luis was harboring other individuals illegally in the United States. Acting on the information, agents and WCSO apprehended 70 more illegal aliens at the stash house.