A Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) trooper arrested a Nicaraguan illegal alien for allegedly smuggling a carload of men as they headed to San Antonio. One of the passengers in the smuggling car was a Chinese illegal alien who apparently snuck across the border while wearing camouflage.
DPS spokesman, Lt. Chris Olivarez, posted a video showing a trooper conducting a traffic stop on a gray Toyota Camry on U.S. Highway 277 in Maverick County, Texas, on January 30. The trooper identified the driver as Juan Alfonso Merlo Ibarra, a 34-year-old illegal alien from Nicaragua. The trooper arrested Melo for four counts of smuggling of persons, a state-level felony. The trooper transported the Nicaraguan illegal alien to the Maverick County jail to await trial.
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