MISSION, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Nearly four dozen people were arrested in Mission during a suspected stash house operation conducted by U.S. Border Patrol.
The U.S. Border Patrol, assisted by the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office and the Texas Department of Public Safety, conducted the operation on Monday afternoon.
According to a news release from U.S. Border Patrol, agents discovered 43 people hiding inside a small trailer in “substandard and unsanitary” conditions.
(Courtesy of the U.S. Border Patrol)
The news release states that all 43 people are undocumented, with origins from Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, Colombia, Peru, El Salvador, and Ecuador.
This case remains under investigation by the U.S. Border Patrol.