US Border Patrol agents rescued 17 migrants, including children, who were locked inside a tractor trailer traveling along the Texas highway.
Agents patrolling the Laredo Sector of the border came across the vehicle on Tuesday night in Encinal, 40 miles north of the border, with 17 migrants found sitting inside the locked empty, metal trailer, officials said.
Laredo agents said the stop, conducted along with Encinal police, “foiled a human smuggling attempt,” on a day where the weather reached a high of 96 degrees.
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