Tuesday, August 8, 2023

Texas DPS marks over 900 smuggled children rescued from southern border

Through Texas' border security mission Operation Lone Star, Texas DPS troopers have rescued over 900 children being smuggled into and through Texas from Mexico by human traffickers, DPS Lt. Chris Olivarez recently announced.

Courtesy of Texas Department of Public Safety In a recent traffic stop in neighboring Kinney County on a major local smuggling route, troopers pulled over a driver of a black GMC Sierra.

Later on, through the conversation, the driver admitted that someone from Mexico texted him an address to pick up a group of people who'd illegally entered Texas.

A DPS brush team recently helped arrest a Mexican national and coyote who was illegally in the U.S. after he guided four people across the Rio Grande River into Texas.

Courtesy of Texas Department of Public Safety DPS troopers are also identifying MS-13 gang members who are hiding in family units as they illegally cross into Texas.

OLS Arrest DPS troopers are also identifying alleged MS-13 gang members who are hiding in family units as they illegally cross into Texas.

Courtesy of Texas Department of Public Safety Since Gov. Greg Abbott launched Operation Lone Star over two years ago, they've apprehended over 401,900 illegal foreign nationals and made more than 32,400 criminal arrests, with more than 29,600 felony charges reported, according to data from the governor's office. 

https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/article_09500ea2-3585-11ee-ad05-d350ec66cf8c.html

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