Border Patrol: Traffic stops leads agents to undocumented immigrant stash house

FILE - Border Patrol agents learned about a home with 25 undocumented immigrants during a traffic stop, officials said. FILE - Border Patrol agents learned about a home with 25 undocumented immigrants during a traffic stop, officials said. Photo: Contributed Photo/Glenn Fawcett Photo: Contributed Photo/Glenn Fawcett Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Border Patrol: Traffic stops leads agents to undocumented immigrant stash house 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

Border Patrol agents discovered 25 undocumented immigrants in a stash house in Hidalgo County on Monday, according to a news release from the agency.

Agents found out about the house after making a traffic stop in which all three occupants of the car were undocumented immigrants, according to the release.

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While being arrested, the driver allegedly admitted to harboring others in a nearby home.

Agents searched the house with the help of Hidalgo County sheriff deputies and found 25 immigrants in the home, officials said.

"We continue to see ruthless smugglers cramming immigrants into deplorable stash houses. Our agents work vigilantly to collect viable information to combat these merciless alien smuggling organizations," Acting Chief Patrol Agent Raul Ortiz said in the news release.

The immigrants, who will be returned to their countries of origin, were from Mexico, El Salavador, Honduras and Guatemala, according to the release.

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