KINNEY COUNTY, Texas — A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper in South Texas uncovered a human smuggling attempt earlier this month after stopping a vehicle along US-90 in Kinney County.
According to DPS, the traffic stop happened on Wednesday, Feb. 11, when a trooper pulled over a black Cadillac XT5. During the investigation, officials say the driver was smuggling four undocumented immigrants, including an adult man from Honduras, an adult woman from Belize, and two children from Belize, ages 6 and 8.
Authorities said further investigation revealed the man from Honduras allegedly paid $10,000 to be smuggled into the United States and transported to Florida. DPS also reported that the woman and two children had been waiting at a stash house before being moved toward San Antonio…