Officials: Border Patrol Getting More Help from Public
Posted: May 30, 2013 4:29 PM
Updated: May 30, 2013 5:19 PM
EDINBURG - Border Patrol officials say more people are calling their offices to report suspicious activity.
Officials said people are reporting more stash houses across the Rio Grande Valley.
Border Patrol officials say they now need help to identify the smugglers.
"These guys are criminals. These men and women that are running these stash houses and are associated with these alien smuggling organizations are criminals," Border Patrol Rio Grande Sector Chief Rosendo Hinojosa said.
"People discount that because they say, ‘hey, they're just helping out people.' They're not helping out people, they're exploiting these people. They're taking advantage of them," Hinojosa said.
Border Patrol agents also are using a new tool to curb human smuggling. The agency just released a short video highlighting the extortion, inhumane living conditions and death linked to human smuggling.
Officials said people are reporting more stash houses across the Rio Grande Valley.
Border Patrol officials say they now need help to identify the smugglers.
"These guys are criminals. These men and women that are running these stash houses and are associated with these alien smuggling organizations are criminals," Border Patrol Rio Grande Sector Chief Rosendo Hinojosa said.
"People discount that because they say, ‘hey, they're just helping out people.' They're not helping out people, they're exploiting these people. They're taking advantage of them," Hinojosa said.
Border Patrol agents also are using a new tool to curb human smuggling. The agency just released a short video highlighting the extortion, inhumane living conditions and death linked to human smuggling.
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