- Laredo Border Patrol agents made the discovery while patrolling US Highway 59, located just miles away from the Mexican border
- Fox News reported that a canine unit alerted Border Patrol to the human cargo while conducting a vehicle contraband check
- The driver of the vehicle, a US citizen, was arrested by Border Patrol and later turned over to Homeland Security officials who are likely to press charges
- Border Patrol agents said that the illegal aliens were trapped inside the furniture and were left no way to escape if an accident occurred
Texas border agents said on Saturday that they arrested six undocumented immigrants attempting to cross over into the United States by hiding inside furniture cabinets.
Laredo Border Patrol agents made the discovery while patrolling US Highway 59, located just miles away from the Mexican border.
Fox News reported that a canine unit alerted Border Patrol to the human cargo while conducting a vehicle check.
Laredo Border Patrol agents made the discovery while patrolling US Highway 59, located just miles away from the Mexican border
![The driver of the vehicle, a US citizen, was arrested by Border Patrol and later turned over to Homeland Security officials who are likely to press charges](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/06/10/05/4D1969AD00000578-5825989-image-a-85_1528605929195.jpg)
The driver of the vehicle, a US citizen, was arrested by Border Patrol and later turned over to Homeland Security officials who are likely to press charges
The driver of the vehicle, a US citizen, was arrested by Border Patrol and later turned over to Homeland Security officials who are likely to press charges.
Law enforcement officials say the incident illustrates the dangers immigrants face from human traffickers, who place their lives at extreme risk in order to get them over the border.
‘This rescue illustrates how Border Patrol works not only to enforce laws but to protect the sanctity of life along the border,’ said Greg Burwell, Laredo Sector Assistant Division Chief.
‘We will always work diligently to disrupt and degrade criminal organizations that constantly put people’s lives in danger. Also, we will do whatever it takes to save lives and prevent people from being subjected to dangerous, deplorable situations,’ he added.
Border Patrol agents said that the illegal aliens were trapped inside the cabinets and tightly wrapped with straps covering the outside, leaving them with no way to escape.
![A canine unit alerted Border Patrol to the human cargo while conducting a vehicle contraband check (Pictured: Stock photo of contraband check, July 2018)](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/06/10/05/4D196C8D00000578-5825989-image-a-84_1528605858672.jpg)
A canine unit alerted Border Patrol to the human cargo while conducting a vehicle contraband check (Pictured: Stock photo of contraband check, July 2018)
![Border Patrol agents said that the illegal aliens were trapped inside the cabinets and tightly wrapped with straps covering the outside (Pictured: Semi trucks line up at a US Border Patrol inspection off the highway outside Laredo, Texas, on February 22, 2017)](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/06/10/05/4D196C8900000578-5825989-image-a-91_1528606409246.jpg)
Border Patrol agents said that the illegal aliens were trapped inside the cabinets and tightly wrapped with straps covering the outside (Pictured: Semi trucks line up at a US Border Patrol inspection off the highway outside Laredo, Texas, on February 22, 2017)
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