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KTSM News – Border Patrol ‘dismantle’ smuggling ring at El Paso hotel

Posted on February 7, 2025

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Border Patrol agents in El Paso “dismantled” a human smuggling operation at a local hotel, Border Patrol Chief Michael W. Banks said on social media.

Courtesy of Border Patrol Chief Michael W. Banks
Courtesy of Border Patrol Chief Michael W. Banks

They arrested eight undocumented migrants from Mexico, Ecuador and Guatemala and four alleged smugglers, Banks said on social media platform X.

The migrants were processed for removal, and the alleged smugglers face prosecution, Banks said.

Banks did not say when or where the incident in El Paso took place.

“Smugglers exploit various locations – hotels, stash houses, even trucks – overcrowding and endangering lives solely for profit,” he wrote on social media.

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