Suspected illegal immigrants detained in Lavaca County

June 13, 2008 - 10:00 p.m.
HALLETTSVILLE – On Friday, for the second time in a week, Lavaca County law enforcement officials pursued and detained suspected illegal immigrants.

About 8:40 a.m., Lavaca County Sheriff’s Deputy J.R. Peters attempted to stop a Dodge pickup on alternate U.S. Highway 77 at alternate U.S. Highway 90. The driver did not stop and continued onto Farm-to-Market Road 340. The truck left the road and went through a fence, said Lavaca County Sheriff Micah Harmon.

“About 10 people bailed out of the vehicle and fled on foot,â€