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“We’ve arrested people that were attorneys, in the medical field, even soldiers; we arrested one of our own National Guard soldiers that was involved in human smuggling,” said Olivarez.When KPRC 2 recently visited Kinney County, near Eagle Pass, Galveston County sheriff’s deputies pulled over the 19-year-old driver of a car that initially refused to stop. Once the car stopped, the driver ran off, along with one of his passengers. Two remaining passengers immediately surrendered.
Sanchez lives on Houston’s westside and denied smuggling anyone when KPRC 2 tried to speak with him at his apartment. Sanchez told us the men in his car were hitchhikers he met at a gas station and who were headed to Houston. Retired Customs and Border Protection Agent Dennis A’Hern is now a defense attorney in Houston who has represented several people charged with smuggling.6 arrested after attempting to steal over $2,500 in merchandise from Deerbrook Mall“How are they recruiting these young kids?” asked Arnold.
“There is a clear lack of appreciation for the consequences, a clear lack of appreciation of understanding exactly what you’re doing,” said A’Hern. Phillips is a traveling merchandiser from Houston and said all he did was pick-up hitchhikers while going from Eagle Pass to San Antonio.