NEW: Texas state police say 84 migrants have been found in a dump truck in Cotulla in what authorities are calling a human smuggling attempt.
Texas state police say 84 migrants were found in a dump truck Tuesday in what authorities are calling a human smuggling attempt.The 84 people were in the cargo area of the dump truck and were from Mexico and Guatemala, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety, known as the DPS, said on social media.
The truck was stopped for an inspection around 8 a.m. During the stop people got out of the dump truck and ran into the brush, the DPS said. Eighty-four were found, it said.The Texas DPS did not immediately respond to a request Wednesday evening for more details about the person arrested. The DPS statements did not say where the truck was coming from or where it was headed.
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