LAREDO, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents from the Laredo North Station intercepted a human smuggling attempt using a tractor-trailer on Aug. 6 along Interstate 35.
According to a Facebook post from the Laredo North Station, agents performed a traffic stop on a blue tractor-trailer tanker and began performing an immigration inspection.
The agents soon discovered 28 undocumented people concealed within the tractor’s cab.
Everyone, including the truck driver, was placed under arrest.
These undocumented immigrants were placed into custody during a traffic stop on Aug. 6, 2023, in Laredo, Texas. (Courtesy: U.S. Customs and Border Patrol)
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When I was a small boy there was a fad where young people would try to cram as many people into a phone booth. that was in the 1950’s and early 1960’s. Now it looks like there is a new fad. How many illegals can a criminal truck driver can fit into the cab of his tractor?
None of them, including the driver should go free. “Book’em Danno!”