US Border Patrol Stash House Busts Continue Along Texas-Mexico Border

CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

October 22, 2021

U.S. Border Patrol Agents said they’re continuing this year’s increasing trend of locating and disrupting stash houses in West Texas and southern New Mexico.

On Oct. 17, Border Patrol Agents arrested a United States citizen attempting to smuggle a group of four individuals through the Las Cruces Border Patrol Station Highway 185 checkpoint. During questioning, information was gleaned concerning a suspected stash house in Vinton, Texas.

The next day, the information led Border Patrol Agents, the El Paso Sector Integrated Targeting Team, the Anti-Smuggling Unit, the Sector Intelligence Unit and Homeland Security Investigations to coordinate the successful rescue of 20 migrants. Among those arrested were citizens from Bolivia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico.

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