NEW YORK — A Texas man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly trying to smuggle dozens of undocumented immigrants across the U.S. border hidden in a dump truck, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Robert Flores Jr., 38, from Poteet, Texas, was charged with 84 counts of human smuggling after being stopped on Interstate Highway 35 in Cotulla, Texas, for a commercial motor vehicle safety inspection, authorities said.The suspect allegedly bypassed a border patrol checkpoint in Texas' Webb County when he was pulled over, Texas DPS spokesperson Lt. Chris Olivarez said on Twitter.
"The Texas Department of Public Safety remains committed in deterring human smuggling and disrupting criminal activity," Olivarez told ABC News in a statement."As part of Governor Greg Abbott's Operation Lone Star, DPS will continue to enhance border operations and commercial motor vehicle safety inspections."U.S.
Last year, law enforcement officials detained 1.66 million migrants and encountered them nearly two million times. As of September, there have been more than 2.4 million encounters.Listen
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