A Texas sheriff said to members of Congress that his county was “under siege” from illegal aliens and smugglers trying to reach destinations in the United States.
Before the U.S., Kinney County Sheriff Brad Coe testified. The House Committee on Homeland Security attended a field hearing on border security in Pharr (Texas) last Wednesday.
Coe stated that his deputies arrested 741 human traffickers last calendar year and filed more than 3,000 felony charges against the smugglers.
“This is a significant increase over the 2021 calendar year, when we captured 169 human smugglers. Coe stated that we are on track to surpass 900 smugglers this year.
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Brad Coe, Kinney County Sheriff, testifies before U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security during a field hearing on border protection held in Pharr (Texas) on March 15, 2023. (Homeland Security Committee Events YouTube).
His department is now sharing the most notable cases on social media.
One day prior to Coe’s testimony, Coe was able to see a man smuggle a mother with her two children in a trunk.
A Facebook post from the department reads, “What might have been a high-speed pursuit came to an abrupt halt after a driver hit a Deer on RR 6474.”
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Two children, aged 7 and 2, and their mother were discovered in the trunk of a car being smuggled into America on March 14, 2023. (Kinney County Sheriff’s Office)
Devin Klein Shawn, a Houston driver, was identified as the driver. The two children were 7 and 2 years old.
Deputies arrested a driver driving an “eye-catching” red Corvette that was trying to lure a bunch of illegal immigrants into a Ford Fusion the night following Coe’s testimony. According to a Facebook post, the pickup took place in Bracketville and was observed by both drivers. Both Nestor Adorno Salagado and Jesse Alvarez III of Floresville were stopped and taken into custody. Both are facing three counts each of smuggling.
Two illegal immigrants were found in the Ford Fusion’s back in Kinney County Texas on March 15, 2023. (Kinney County Sheriff’s Office)
A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper stopped a rental van heading for Uvalde on Highway 90 the day after Coe’s testimony. Inside were discovered fifteen illegal aliens.
Texas Department of Public Safety troopers stopped a van rental with 15 illegal immigrants inside. They were likely headed for Uvalde, according to Kinney County Sheriff’s Office.
A Facebook post that followed reads: “Presumably the driver was going let them out and have the hikers make their way around the checkpoint before they get there.”
