Thread: 16 Migrants Held by Smugglers for Month in Texas Motel Room near Border

16 Migrants Held by Smugglers for Month in Texas Motel Room near Border



by BOB PRICE 21 Sep 2021

Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents found a group of migrants stashed in a motel room near the Texas-Mexico border. Human smugglers held the 16 migrants in the tiny room for nearly 30 days, officials reported.

McAllen Station Border Patrol agents received a tip on September 17 about a motel in Edinburg being used as a smuggling stash house. Agents responded to the location and observed two people entering the motel room carrying several jugs of water and groceries, according to Rio Grande Valley Sector officials.



Chief Patrol Agent Brian Hastings
@USBPChiefRGV

Hotels near Highway 281 used for illicit activities!

#RGV agents and @HidalgoCountySO arrested 16 migrants, who claimed they were held for nearly 30 days by human smugglers.

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7:25 PM · Sep 20, 2021

Agents contacted the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office to conduct a welfare check. The deputies and agents found the small motel room packed with 16 migrants, officials stated.

Agents conducted interviews and identified 10 Honduran citizens, five Salvadoran nationals, and one from Mexico. The migrants told the agents they had been held by the human smugglers in the room for nearly 30 days.



Chief Patrol Agent Brian Hastings
@USBPChiefRGV

RGV #USBP agents along with @StarrCountyTX Sheriff’s Office shut down a stash house operation at a residence in Rio Grande City, TX. Agents apprehended 33 individuals from the garbage infested home.

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6:56 PM · Sep 17, 2021

The following day, McAllen Station agents found several migrants emerging from a storm drain in Hidalgo, Texas. The agents apprehended three migrants and set up surveillance on the area. An hour later, three more migrants came out of the storm drain including one unaccompanied child.

Several hours later, agents observe several other migrants emerged from the drain. Agents apprehended four more migrants from Mexico and Honduras.

Officials report that all of these migrants will be processed under CBP guidelines.

https://www.breitbart.com/border/202...m-near-border/

Expel them all back to Southern Mexico!