17-year-old Mexican smuggler apprehended in U.S. for 97th time
A Mexican teen who has been apprehended by U.S. authorities nearly 100 times was caught smuggling illegal aliens into Texas over the weekend.
The latest arrest of Luis Alberto Torres, a 17-year-old ‘coyote’ from Matamoros, Mexico, unfolded on Saturday in Brownsville, TX.
Texas Department of Public Safety (TxDPS) troopers detected a group of illegal aliens crossing the Rio Grande.
TxDPS drone operators helped a brush team on the ground locate Torres, who found hiding in a shed.
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4/13: @TxDPS Brush Team in Brownsville arrested a 17-year-old smuggling guide who crossed several illegal immigrants across the Rio Grande. DPS Troopers & Drone Operators… pic.twitter.com/eUHhwFt5Pz
— Chris Olivarez (@LtChrisOlivarez) April 16, 2024
“Luis Alberto Torres, from Matamoros, Mexico, was charged with felony human smuggling & transported to county jail,” TxDPS spokesman Lt. Chris Olivarez explained in a statement released on Tuesday alongside a video of Torres’ arrest.
“Torres has a history of 96 apprehensions for drug, human, & exotic monkey smuggling.”
Cartels and smuggling organizations often employ minors as guides – or ‘coyotes’ – because U.S. authorities are more likely to release them quickly back into Mexico if they are caught, as immigration news outlet Border Hawk explained in a recent report.
WATCH: Group of Illegals Guided Down “Cartel Mountain” Into New Mexico
Border Hawk witnessed this group of illegal aliens being escorted from Mexico over Mt. Cristo Rey (locally known as Cartel Mountain) into Sunland Park, NM.
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— Border Hawk (@BorderHawkNews) April 18, 2024
Chaos unfolds constantly along the U.S.-Mexico border, as Infowars regularly reports.
Penn Station was slammed by hundreds of illegal aliens arriving to New York City this week.