Police: Man charged with human smuggling after two people found hiding in his car

Texas Department of Public Safety troopers arrested one person who allegedly smuggled two people into Hidalgo County, Texas from Mexico. Texas Department of Public Safety troopers arrested one person who allegedly smuggled two people into Hidalgo County, Texas from Mexico. Photo: The Texas Department Of Public Safety Photo: The Texas Department Of Public Safety Image 1 of / 21 Caption Close Police: Man charged with human smuggling after two people found hiding in his car 1 / 21 Back to Gallery

A traffic stop near the Texas-Mexico border led to an arrest after police said they found two people hiding in the vehicle.

A Texas Department of Public Safety stopped Jonathan Guzman, 22, in his 2017 Dodge Caravan in Weslaco for a traffic violation.

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Officers found one person hiding under miscellaneous items on the floor board, according to the department. A second individual was found "within the factory storage compartment located behind the driver seat area of the floor board."

Guzman was charged with smuggling of persons and transported to the Hidalgo County Jail. The two people found hiding in the vehicle were turned over to U.S. Border Patrol for investigation.

The department of public safety did not give the citizenship status of the two people.