VAN HORN, Texas — Big Bend Sector Border Patrol agents discovered over 30 undocumented migrants locked inside a box-truck recently.
12 migrants were transported to local hospitals due to heat-related illnesses.
“Had our heroic agents not been able to free these trapped undocumented migrants, we could have seen 33 miserable deaths in this event,” said Big Bend Sector Chief Patrol Agent Sean L. McGoffin. “Smugglers do not care what type of misery they put people through as they take their money.”
These individuals were driven to Van Horn from El Paso. The temperature in the Uhaul when they were found was between 105 to 110 degrees.
The undocumented migrants were believed to be in the vehicle for several hours before the agents found them.
All the people in the vehicle, including the 12 sent to the hospitals, have recovered from the heat-related injuries.
