Mexico, US Border Agents Thwart Attempt to Smuggle 150 Mexicans Across Border

Migrants from Venezuela, who boarded a bus in Del Rio, Texas, disembark within view of the US Capitol in Washington on Aug. 2, 2022. Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

An attempt to smuggle 150 Mexicans into the United States in the back of a truck has been thwarted by Mexican officials with the help of U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents (CBP), according to an official.

Chief Patrol Agent Jason Owens of the CBP’s Del Rio Sector on Thursday shared images of the 18-wheel truck and trailer packed with 150 non-U.S. residents who he said were “traveling towards” the United States until they were “successfully interdicted.”