{"id":309682,"date":"2026-05-26T20:52:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T20:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/309682\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T20:52:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T20:52:16","slug":"20-migrants-found-hidden-in-truck-in-webb-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/309682\/","title":{"rendered":"20 migrants found hidden in truck in Webb County"},"content":{"rendered":"

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 Texas state troopers arrested a man after finding 20 migrants, including 4 minors, concealed inside a truck tractor during a traffic stop on Interstate 35 in Webb County.<\/p>\n

On May 18, 2026, just after 6 p.m., a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper conducted a traffic stop on a white Volvo truck tractor on IH-35 near mile marker 28. The driver attempted to flee on foot but was immediately arrested.<\/p>\n

\"Operation<\/p>\n

DPS<\/p>\n

Texas DPS found 20 migrants, including 4 minors, hidden in a truck tractor during an Operation Lone Star stop in Webb County.<\/p>\n

A search of the vehicle revealed 20 migrants concealed in the truck tractor’s sleeping area.<\/p>\n

The driver, Miguel Angel Velazquez Chavez, 25, a Mexican national, was charged with evading arrest and smuggling of persons and booked into the Webb County Jail.<\/p>\n

The 20 migrants, including 4 minors, from Mexico and Guatemala, were referred to U.S. Border Patrol in Laredo.<\/p>\n

The Texas DPS Criminal Investigations Division continues to investigate the case.<\/p>\n

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