100 Migrants Arrested At Stash Houses In South Texas
January 28, 2021 11:50AM CST
NOGALES, AZ – MAY 14: A steel wall separates Nogales, Sonora, Mexico (L) from a U.S. Border Patrol agent in his sector May 14, 2006 in Nogales, Arizona. U.S. President George W. Bush will address the nation on the immigration issue May 15. (Photo by Jeff Topping/Getty Images)
The Border Patrol says they found 100 illegal immigrants at two smuggling stash houses in south Texas on Tuesday. Both busts were made within hours and separated by roughly 66 miles.
Agents explained 59 migrants were found in the first house in Roma, while 41 were discovered at a location in Donna.
Those arrested were from the countries of Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Ecuador and Mexico. The agency says one person injured their ankle while trying to escape the area.
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