Border Patrol Agents Arrest 11 Human Smugglers, 27 Illegal Aliens Near Texas Border

A large group of illegal aliens boards a bus bound for the Border Patrol processing facility after being apprehended by Border Patrol near McAllen, Texas, on April 18, 2019. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) said they had thwarted multiple human smuggling attempts near the Texas border over the past weekend, resulting in the arrest of 11 smugglers and 27 illegal aliens.

CBP agents who were assigned in the Del Rio sector disrupted seven separate smuggling attempts, arresting illegal aliens from Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, and Honduras, according to a statement on Wednesday.