Human smugglers are using charter buses to pick up and transport illegal aliens who have already crossed the southern border, according to authorities.
A situational awareness bulletin issued in U.S. Border Patrol’s (USBP) Del Rio Sector warns of a new tactic being employed by organized smuggling networks.
Illegal aliens are being instructed to make their way to a Pilot Travel Center on the outskirts of Eagle Pass, Texas.
Once there, they board buses heading deeper into the interior of the country.
“It is suspected that this is a new Tactic, Technique and Procedure (TTP) used by the MSOs in an attempt to bypass immigration inspections,” USBP explained in the alert obtained by NewsNation correspondent Ali Bradley.
#EXCLUSIVE Illegal immigrants are crossing undetected and hopping on charter buses in Eagle Pass according to a new situation awareness bulletin that went out across the Del Rio Sector. Agents at an interior checkpoint flagged a charter bus and sent it over for secondary… pic.twitter.com/wq5fZPj8NY
— Ali Bradley (@AliBradleyTV) July 10, 2024
USBP busted one such smuggling attempt on Monday at an immigration checkpoint on Highway 57 near Eagle Pass.
A commercial charter bus that entered the U.S. earlier that day via Eagle Pass Port of Entry #2 was referred for secondary inspection.
USBP agents found eight illegal aliens onboard.
“CBP says this a testament that the checkpoints work. Officials have reported that they’re only catching 5-10% of what is coming across the border,” Bradley reports.
This article was originally published at InfoWars.com
