Thread: Border Patrol raids stash house, finds 49 illegal aliens

Border Patrol raids stash house, finds 49 immigrants Posted: 36 mins ago

U.S. Border Patrol agents, along with local and state law enforcement, on Thursday raided a stash house in Palmhurst and found 31 immigrants.

The Texas Department of Public Safety troopers first found 18 suspected unauthorized immigrants hidden within a trailer in Pharr, according to a news release by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Additional information provided to Border Patrol agents led them to Palmhurst, where they apprehended an additional 31 immigrants, also suspected of being in the U.S. without authorization, according to the news release.

Agents apprehended the immigrants at about 3 p.m. on Thursday, the news release said.

The ongoing investigation is being led by the McAllen Homeland Security Investigations Office.

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