Officials from the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) have busted a human smuggling operation that was underway at an airport located in McAllen, a border city.
“WESLACO–A @TxDPS Special Agent & Pilot stopped a human smuggling attempt at McCreery Aviation Co. in McAllen, TX. 19 illegal immigrants (12m/7f) from Central America were being smuggled by plane to Houston,” Texas DPS said in a Sept. 24 tweet.
Officials received a tip about three vehicles dropping off potential illegal immigrants at the local airport. The special agent and the pilot who stopped the smuggling were working under Republican Governor Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star border security mission….