Troopers with the Texas Department of Public Safety arrested two human smugglers in two separate incidents this month as part of Operation Lone Star.
A Texas Department of Public Safety pulled over a white Transit van, the trooper found 14 illegal migrants on board.
Operation Lone Star was launched as a border security initiative in response to a surge in illegal border crossings through Texas and President Biden's immigration policies. on a high-speed chase following an attempted traffic stop in Val Verde County for speeding on US-277 last Sunday. The passengers were identified as Mexican nationals in the country illegally. The driver, identified as Eduardo Rodriguez Velasquez, was attempting to smuggle a total of 13 migrants into the country, DPS said. Velasquez was charged with smuggling of persons, likelihood of serious bodily injury or death, evading arrest, criminal mischief and criminal trespass.In a separate incident on Sunday, DPS troopers found 14 migrants inside a transit van that a trooper stopped along US-90.
The driver, identified as Joshua Hernandez, was arrested for smuggling of persons and possession of marijuana.
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