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.
    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 immigra...

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