Apr 4, 2007 6:31 PM

Officers arrest 8 illegal immigrants, 1 coyote
By Lisa Volenec
ABC15.com

An early morning traffic stop put an alleged coyote behind bars and sent several illegal immigrants home on Wednesday.

Luis Carillo, 30, is now facing 8-felony counts of human smuggling.

DPS Officer Travis Smith stopped his Jeep Cherokee at about 5:30 a.m. on I-10 near Broadway Road for several traffic violations.

As the officer approached the Jeep, he noticed 8 people lying on top of each other on the floor board.

The group was headed to New York.

Carillo has been arrested and is in the Fourth Avenue Jail.

The people he was smuggling to New York are in the process of deportation.

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