Border Agents Find Over 140 Illegal Immigrants in 2 Stash House Raids
U.S. Border Patrol agents found more than 140 illegal immigrants stashed in raids of two separate smuggling stash houses in Texas on Sunday.
A tip-off led Ysleta Border Patrol Station agents to the first group during the early hours of Sunday near North Loop Drive and North Zaragoza Road in El Paso.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said in a statement that when agents arrived, they located 51 illegal immigrants inside the residence.
The illegal immigrants were from Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala. Authorities said they were found to be in good health. Two of them, Mexican nationals, were identified by agents as the caretakers of the residence. Both will be facing federal charges for the smuggling scheme….