human smuggling

The truck had been packed with at least 160 migrants when it crashed into a support for a pedestrian bridge in the Mexican state of Chiapas.

Seven people were arrested and charged.

Mauro de la Tierra, Adrian De La Cruz, and Andrea Rivas will work on the piece, which should be finished before mid-February and installed at Mission County Park.

Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 4 into law Tuesday. It will go into effect in February.

Social media and direct messaging apps, like WhatsApp, have become a major asset in the lucrative business of human smuggling.

A committee on Tuesday declined to advance a House bill that would increase penalties for smuggling and operating a stash house. The move comes as both chambers are already at an impasse over property-tax relief.

Authorities found two migrants dead near Knippa last week. A Honduran national admitted to being the guide that led nearly a dozen people onto the train.

Professor Jenny Clark of South Texas College said smuggling operations have gotten much more sophisticated.

Abbott is making his pitch ahead of the upcoming legislative session.

A joint task force on Thursday announced 19 arrests and four indictments in connection with the border smuggling death of a Guatemalan woman in Odessa, Texas, last year.