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Border agents find more than 100 illegal migrants crammed inside two different tractor-trailers near the United States-Mexico border in Texas in the space of two days

U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Laredo Border Sector took 100 undocumented immigrants into custody after they were found crammed inside two tractor-trailers in separate incidents near the United States-Mexico border region in Texas.

The most recent smuggling attempt was foiled Tuesday when agents working a U.S. Highway 83 checkpoint northwest of Laredo and discovered 93 people in the cargo area after a Border Patrol canine alerted the officers.

The migrants, who were all illegally in the U.S., were identified as citizens of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. 

Two days earlier, on Sunday, border officers ordered a driver to stop his truck for a routine inspection and found 10 Mexican nationals crammed in the back.

In both cases, the migrants and the drivers were taken into custody for processing.

A CBP spokesperson confirmed to DailyMail.com that the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas had taken over the investigation. 

Data provided to DailyMail.com by U.S. Custom and Border Protection's Laredo Sector Border Patrol shows a 150 percent increase in undocumented migrants who have been arrested in smuggling attempts via trucks during the current fiscal year. 

Stats show that Laredo Sector agents assigned to various highway checkpoint points in Texas have apprehended 6,317 as of July 11, 2021. The current fiscal year runs from October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2021. 

In comparison, the border officers detained 2,300 migrants in all of fiscal year in 2020.  

U.S. Custom and Border Protection's Laredo Sector Border Patrol reported that its agents found more than 90 migrants from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador were packed into a tractor-trailer that was stopped on U.S. Highway 83 checkpoint northwest of Laredo, Texas, on Tuesday. Data provided to DailyMail.com shows that Laredo Sector agents assigned to various highway checkpoint points have apprehended 6,317 migrants between October 1, 2000 and July 11, 2021

U.S. Custom and Border Protection's Laredo Sector Border Patrol reported that its agents found more than 90 migrants from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador were packed into a tractor-trailer that was stopped on U.S. Highway 83 checkpoint northwest of Laredo, Texas, on Tuesday. Data provided to DailyMail.com shows that Laredo Sector agents assigned to various highway checkpoint points have apprehended 6,317 migrants between October 1, 2000 and July 11, 2021

Border officers from the Laredo Sector Border Patrol ordered a driver to stop his truck for a routine inspection and found 10 Mexican nationals on Sunday

Border officers from the Laredo Sector Border Patrol ordered a driver to stop his truck for a routine inspection and found 10 Mexican nationals on Sunday

The Laredo Sector is responsible for 136 Southwest border miles along the Rio Grande River between Mexico and the United States. 

Its area of supervision stretches from the U.S-Mexico borderline in Texas to the Oklahoma and Arkansas state lines.   

On a typical day, Laredo Sector agents manning the 'busiest' checkpoint in the country are tasked with keeping their eyes on '10,000 to 12,000 vehicles,' any of which could be use by criminal organizations to smuggle migrants directly from Mexico or from one Laredo to the rest of the country.  

'They try to disguise themselves through heavy traffic here,' Laredo Sector North Station Patrol Agent in Charge Jaime Fierro told DailyMail.com. 'Hence it's easy to mingle within the traffic and exploit that. We're looking at approximately at 10,000 to 12,000 vehicles traversing through this checkpoint on a daily basis - 65 percent of that being commercial trucks. So we're looking for a needle in a haystack.' 

Laredo (Texas) Sector North Station Patrol Agent in Charge Jaime Fierro told DailyMail.com that at least '10,000 to 12,000 vehicles' are inspected daily. The vehicle pictured was stopped earlier this month on a highway in Laredo. A group of migrants was hiding behind a makeshift partition in the front part of the freight container

Laredo Sector North Station Patrol Agent in Charge Jaime Fierro told DailyMail.com that at least '10,000 to 12,000 vehicles' are inspected daily. The vehicle pictured was stopped earlier this month on a highway in Laredo. A group of migrants was hiding behind a makeshift partition in the front part of the freight container

X-ray image shows a group of migrants concealed behind a makeshift partition inside a trailer

X-ray image shows a group of migrants concealed behind a makeshift partition inside a trailer 

Officers assigned to U.S. Custom and Border Protection's Laredo Sector Border Patrol detain a group of migrants who were found hiding inside a truck as part of a smuggling operation

Officers assigned to U.S. Custom and Border Protection's Laredo Sector Border Patrol detain a group of migrants who were found hiding inside a truck as part of a smuggling operation

While none of the migrants presented health problems in the latest apprehensions, the smuggling method is a growing concern for the Laredo Sector on summer days when the temperature inside a tractor-trailer can top over 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

Earlier this month, an x-ray machine led agents to a group of migrants standing together and concealed behind a makeshift partition in the rear area of the freight container.

'We are extremely concerned with that because lives are at stake," Fierro said. 'We are extremely concerned that people smuggled in masse in these tractor trailers that have zero to no ventilation. You can only imagine being transported in a trailer 100 miles up to San Antonio at minimum in those types of situations.' 

Smugglers used an AT&T service vehicle to transport more than a dozen migrants near Laredo, Texas

Smugglers used an AT&T service vehicle to transport more than a dozen migrants near Laredo, Texas

Laredo (Texas) Sector North Station Patrol Agent in Charge Jaime Fierro told DailyMail.com, 'We are extremely concerned that people smuggled in masse in these tractor-trailers (and other vehicles) that have zero to no ventilation'

Laredo Sector North Station Patrol Agent in Charge Jaime Fierro told DailyMail.com, 'We are extremely concerned that people smuggled in masse in these tractor-trailers (and other vehicles) that have zero to no ventilation'

The last monthly report released by CBP on June 9 showed that Border Patrol agents stopped 180,034 migrants in May along the southwestern border, a slight uptick from 178,854 the prior month, with the increase driven largely by single adults.

Laredo Sector border officers from nine stations saw encounters with migrant individuals spike from 10,926 in April to 76,670 in May. 

CBP is slated to release the latest southwest border June numbers next week. 

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