Texas Area of Family Protection (DPS) officials discovered 27 unlawful migrants filled inside of a horse trailer Friday all through a regimen site visitors forbid in Hidalgo County.
When requested what was once within the trailer, the motive force, Jose Guadalupe Salinas, claimed that there have been two horses — however warned the officials that they had been “aggressive.”
Then blackmail them, Salinas eagerly opened the trailer and discoverable the smuggled migrants who had been “distressed and sweating profusely.”
Lieutenant Chris Olivarez posted a video of the site visitors forbid on X and wrote, “Troopers discovered 27 illegal immigrants crammed inside a storage area, distressed and sweating profusely. Three females were severely dehydrated and required medical attention due to extreme heat and no ventilation.”
#NEW:
5/24: A @TxDPS Trooper opposed a Ford F-250 towing a horse trailer on US-281 in Hidalgo County #RGV.
The smuggler, Jose Guadalupe Salinas from Palmview, Texas,… %.twitter.com/FIzaZj8wU1
— Chris Olivarez (@LtChrisOlivarez) Would possibly 29, 2024
The 27 migrants, all Mexican nationals, had been passed over to U.S. Border Patrol.
Border Patrol additionally took custody of Salinas, a Texas resident, and stated they’d be submitting federal fees for the smuggling of individuals.
