{"id":286097,"date":"2026-05-09T18:33:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T18:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/286097\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T18:33:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T18:33:35","slug":"texas-dps-suspected-human-smuggling-attempt-leads-to-high-speed-chase-and-arrest-in-maverick-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/286097\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas DPS: Suspected human smuggling attempt leads to high-speed chase and arrest in Maverick County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A suspected human smuggling attempt in South Texas led to a high-speed chase and the arrest of a driver, according to Texas DPS.<\/p>\n<p>MAVERICK COUNTY, Texas \u2014 A suspected human smuggling attempt led to a high-speed chase in South Texas earlier this week, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.<\/p>\n<p>New video released by DPS shows troopers stopping a white Jeep Cherokee on U.S. 277 in Maverick County on Monday. As troopers approached the SUV, investigators say several passengers jumped out. The driver then sped away, prompting a pursuit.<\/p>\n<p>DPS says during the chase, additional passengers leapt from the moving vehicle and ran into nearby brush.<\/p>\n<p>Troopers pursued the group on foot and ultimately arrested the driver, identified as Shyloh Rodriguez of Crystal City.<\/p>\n<p>Four migrants were also apprehended and turned over to U.S. Border Patrol custody, DPS said.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say the case underscores what they describe as increasingly dangerous tactics used by human smugglers along the border as part of Operation Lone Star.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A suspected human smuggling attempt in South Texas led to a high-speed chase and the arrest of a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286098,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-286097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}