EL PASO, Texas ( KTSM ) – An 18-year-old man was arrested on Friday, Oct. 4 in El Paso for allegedly smuggling migrants and leading law enforcement on a chase that ended up in a multi-vehicle crash, according to court documents obtained by KTSM.
Andre Maurice Marrujo, 18, was charged with smuggling of persons (fleeing) and evading arrest or detention with a vehicle, according to court documents.
According to court documents, at approximately 4:10 p.m. on Oct. 4, U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) agents saw a vehicle traveling towards Texas that was suspected of being involved in human smuggling and requested the assistance of the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS).
A DPS helicopter spotted Marrujo’s vehicle from the air and conducted air surveillance of the suspect’s vehicle as it entered Texas on Country Club Road, according to court documents.
According to court documents, Texas Highway Patrol troopers attempted to conduct a traffic stop on Marrujo near the intersection of Country Club Road/Mesa Street and Doniphan Drive for disregarding an official traffic control device.