EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A U.S. citizen awaiting trial on human smuggling charges has been arrested in New Mexico for allegedly trying to drive additional migrants to Arizona.
Border Patrol agents began tracking Isaac Andrew Rosales as he drove a gray Dodge Ram pickup with a red camper shell past their vehicle along NM State Road 9 in the early hours of Sunday, Sept. 29.
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Court records show the agents noticed the vehicle appeared to be carrying too much weight and followed it; the driver appeared to speed up, then suddenly stepped off the gas pedal.
The agents turned on flashing lights and stopped the vehicle 2 miles north of the U.S. border wall near milepost 69 of the road also known as the Columbus Highway and often used by migrant smugglers, court records show.
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The agents allegedly found Rosales traveling with a female companion in the cab named Stephanie Valles and 10 undocumented migrants concealed in the back of the cab and the bed of the Ram.