Weekend traffic stop leads to detainment of 10 illegal immigrants
TEN OF THE 11 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS in a pickup driven by a U.S. citizen west of Menard were detained after a traffic stop resulted in the driver and front passenger being arrested on 11 counts of human smuggling. MCSO photo.
A weekend traffic stop west of Menard resulted in the apprehension of 10 illegal immigrants and 2 human smuggling arrests.
Saturday morning, August 12, at approximately 7 a.m., Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Trooper John Griffith conducted a traffic stop on a tan 2008 Ford F150 pickup truck travelling above the posted speed limit. The pickup contained 11 adult illegal immigrants. One male …
