EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A 25-year-old Mexican national was arrested in El Paso after allegedly running a stash house and harboring three migrants, according to a social media post by the U.S. Border Patrol Chief Rosario Vasquez.
The stash house allegedly had one adult migrant and two unaccompanied minors. The 25-year-old admitted to concealing at least five migrants per week at the residence, and made about $18,000 in three months.
Photo courtesy of U.S. Border Patrol Chief Rosario Vasquez.
“What seemed like easy money ended in federal custody, facing alien smuggling charges,” read part of the social media post by Vasquez.
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The three migrants will be processed and deported from the U.S., Vasquez said.
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