AlamogordoTownNews.org reports that U.S. Border Patrol Agents and law enforcement partners arrested an individual wanted for murder as part of a group of 77 smuggled migrants discovered in two stash houses in El Paso.
U.S. Border Patrol El Paso Sector Anti-Smuggling Units (ASU), Homeland Security Investigations, El Paso Texas Constables and Texas Department of Public Safety served a warrant on a property on Overland Avenue encountering 72 individuals living in overcrowded and squalid conditions. Border Patrol Agents had received information regarding a possible stash house in that area.
When searching the premises, agents located migrants inside a storage shed with limited air flow, small windows and piles of trash. Agents identified two of the migrants at the property as the caretakers of the residence and both will face charges for human smuggling.
During the investigation, agents discovered a second property on Val Verde Street with five additional migrants. The 77 migrants were from Mexico, Honduras, Ecuador, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic, and were found to be in good condition. All migrants encountered were processed under Title 8 for removal.