Trailer Carrying Undocumented Immigrants Stopped Near Mexico Border
  • 6 years ago

A tractor trailer carrying undocumented immigrants was halted by authorities in Texas late on Tuesday, May 22.Police in Raymondville were quoted in local reports as saying 92 undocumented people were found in the back of the vehicle, about 50 miles north of the US-Mexico border.Officers from the Department of Public Safety (DPS) stopped the vehicle on Highway 77 near Raymondville, according to local reports.Local news said traffic in the area was diverted as personnel from US Border Patrol, Raymondville Police and the Willacy County Sheriff’s Office investigated the scene.This video, livestreamed by a local reporter, shows the trailer on the highway and several people standing near it. Credit: Nicole Hickl/KGBT via Storyful