Kingsville Border Patrol Discover 52 Illegals Inside Tractor Trailer


U.S. Customs and Border Protection

KINGSVILLE (News Release) - On Tuesday, March 30, Kingsville Border Patrol Station agents working at the Javier Vega Jr. Border Patrol Checkpoint conducted an immigration inspection on the driver of a tractor trailer. The primary agent was questioning the driver as to his citizenship when he was advised by the Border Patrol K9 handler that the service K9 was alerting to trailer portion of the tractor trailer and requested it be sent to the secondary inspection area.  Following an additional K9 alert in secondary, agents searched the belly dump portion of the trailer and discovered 52 illegal aliens hiding inside.

The driver was placed under arrest and the 52 illegal aliens were taken into custody. 

All of the subjects were medically screened, and no one required further medical attention.   

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