Thread: Border Patrol Agents Work with Texas Troopers to Arrest 28

C.B.P. News Release

Border Patrol Agents Work with Texas Troopers to Arrest 28 Illegal Aliens

(Wednesday, April 08, 2009)

Laredo, Texas – Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents and Texas Department of Safety troopers worked together to apprehended 28 illegal aliens Tuesday night.

The case began when agents working at the checkpoint located on Interstate Highway 35 north of Laredo performed an immigration inspection of the driver of a tractor-trailer. The agents decided to make a secondary inspection of the vehicle and instructed the driver to move the truck to the inspection area. Instead of following directions, the driver bypassed the inspection area and headed north on I-35.

Agents pursued the truck and attempted to stop it but the driver refused to pull over. When the truck reached mile marker 40, DPS troopers took over the pursuit. Near mile marker 49, troopers deployed spike strips that deflated the truck’s two front tires, prompting the driver to eventually stop the vehicle.

Border Patrol in Laredo assist in the apprehension of 28 illegal aliens.

After the driver was arrested, agents and troopers searched the truck and found 28 undocumented aliens in the trailer.

The driver and the aliens were turned over Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.

Contacts For This News Release
Laredo Sector
CBP Public Affairs
Phone: (956) 764-3041 Ext: 3243

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Working together is a good thing, let's take it nationwide!