Texas deputies uncovered an alleged human smuggling operation this week that used hay bales to hide migrants. A dozen ...

Authorities in Texas busted a human smuggling ring on Wednesday, arresting five people, including a suspected member of Tren de Aragua.

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The deaths laid bare the devastating human toll of organized ... resulting in at least nine arrests tied to at least 19 smuggling attempts through South Texas. SAN ANTONIO — Officials in ...

“With these arrests, the Justice Department ... in U.S. federal court in the Western District of Texas on six counts of human smuggling that resulted in bodily injury or death.

Authorities are investigating a human smuggling case involving a commercial vehicle amid growing concerns over similar ...

A US rail workers union says allowing Mexican crews to bring trains miles into South Texas is a threat to border security and American jobs.

A suspected stash house in Mercedes, Texas, was uncovered June 2 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, resulting in ...

The smugglers had “meticulously altered and hollowed out” the bales to create cramped compartments where they could cram people into and hide from the authorities, the sheriff said.

Perez was fired on Feb. 8 after he was arrested by the FBI El Paso West Texas Border Corruption Task Force on federal and human drug smuggling charges. Perez allegedly helped smuggle migrants over ...

Three suspects facing human smuggling charges were arrested at two different locations ... The brief address represented a counterbalance to what Texas Republicans had been calling a "border ...