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Border Patrol RESCUES Chinese and Mexican nationals locked into train car by smugglers, CBP says

Border Patrol agents rescued four illegal immigrants who had been found locked inside a railcar in Texas, according to the U.S. CBP said exclusively to Blaze News that two other migrants had been found in a similarly locked railcar just one week previously, but one was deceased.

Border Patrol RESCUES Chinese and Mexican nationals locked into train car by smugglers, CBP says

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Border Patrol agents rescued four illegal immigrants who had been found locked inside a railcar in Texas, according to the U.S.

CBP said exclusively to Blaze News that two other migrants had been found in a similarly locked railcar just one week previously, but one was deceased.

16 by Border Patrol agents of the Uvalde station who were inspecting freight cars at a secondary rail near Knippa.

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Border Patrol agents rescued four illegal immigrants who had been found locked inside a railcar in Texas, according to the U.S. CBP said exclusively to Blaze News that two other migrants had been found in a similarly locked railcar just one week previously, but one was deceased. 16 by Border Patrol agents of the Uvalde station who were inspecting freight cars at a secondary rail near Knippa.

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  • "This is the work of criminal alien smugglers who have no regard for human life," said Anthony "Scott" Good, a Del Rio Sector chief patrol agent.
  • A Border Patrol canine alerted agents about an autorack car carrying automobiles.
  • When they inspected it, they found four people locked inside without any means of escape.
  • The migrants were taken to the Uvalde Station for processing, according to CBP.
  • The incident was the fourth time in recent weeks that illegal aliens were found locked into autorack train cars at the Del Rio sector, including the lethal incident on Sept.

What to take from it

'No one should believe the lies of smugglers who say they can provide safety, because they only care about the money they can gain by exploiting vulnerable people.' The rescued migrants were identified as three Mexican nationals and one Chinese national. 7, agents rescued three others locked into a train car at the same secondary rail. On August 30, they rescued eight people locked inside a train car, including a child, at that rail.

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They were discovered just before dawn on Sept.

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