Dallas Man Arrested In Smuggling Of 41 Migrants In Big Rig, Prosecutors Say

CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

May 8, 2021

A Dallas man has been arrested on a charge of smuggling migrants after more than three dozen people were found in and around a big rig that was stopped in San Antonio, federal prosecutors said Friday.

Aron Bernard Griffin, 49, was arrested Thursday night at a gas station after local police received reports from resident who said they saw people in the back of the tractor-trailer he was driving, prosecutors said in a statement. Police initially reported finding 29 at the scene and federal immigration agents ultimately detained 41 migrants who were in the U.S. without legal permission, according to prosecutors.

Griffin was being held in San Antonio ahead of an initial court appearance Friday, prosecutors said. It was not immediately clear if he had a lawyer who could speak for him.

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