U.S. Border Patrol agents recently intercepted about 70 migrants inside El Paso border-area storm drain tunnels and found another 18 migrants in a tractor-trailer near Las Cruces in different smuggling attempts.
A Border Patrol dog alerted agents to the group of migrants being smuggled inside the tractor-trailer, El Paso Sector Border Patrol Chief Anthony “Scott” Good stated over the weekend on a post on X, formerly Twitter.
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Good shared photos of the migrants — who had their faces blurred — crowded in the sleeper compartment of the semitruck. The date of the bust and further information, including the migrants’ country of origin and whether the driver was arrested, were not disclosed.
Migrants in storm drain tunnels in South El Paso
Border Patrol agents arrested about 70 undocumented migrants found inside storm drain tunnels during potentially dangerous border-crossing attempts in South El Paso last week , officials said