- Border Patrol at the Falfurrias, Texas, checkpoint found the 60 immigrants
- A K9-patrol dog picked up that they were hiding in the locked refrigerated van
- Inside the trailer the temperature was 49 degrees Fahrenheit
- The travelers had been unable to get out due to a padlock on the door
- There were 22 Guatemalans, 17 Mexicans, 13 Salvadorans and eight Hondurans inside the truck
Sixty illegal immigrants who hid among a tractor holding produce were apprehended by Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol Agents.
Border Patrol at the Falfurrias, Texas, checkpoint found the 60 immigrants on Saturday in the refrigerated truck after a K9-patrol dog alerted authorities to their whereabouts.
The people had been laying within pallets of broccoli.
Border Patrol at the Falfurrias, Texas, checkpoint found the 60 immigrants on Saturday in the refrigerated truck after a K9-patrol dog alerted authorities to their whereabouts
Inside the trailer the temperature was 49 degrees Fahrenheit and the travelers had been unable to get out due to a padlock on the door.
Medical attention was provided, but they all refused, officials said.
All were transported to Falfurrias Border Patrol Station and processed.
The people had been laying within pallets of broccoli. Inside the trailer the temperature was 49 degrees Fahrenheit and the travelers had been unable to get out due to a padlock on the door
All were transported to Falfurrias Border Patrol Station and processed
There were 22 Guatemalans, 17 Mexicans, 13 Salvadorans and eight Hondurans inside the truck and the driver was a Guatemalan man as well.
He is pending federal charges for alien smuggling.
‘Criminal activity like this will also lead to serious consequences for truck drivers who engage in smuggling,’ RGV Sector Chief Patrol Agent Manuel Padilla Jr. stated in the news release.