Seven arrested and eleven in the hospital following human smuggling operation bust
AUSTIN, TX – Eleven people were hospitalized and seven suspects were arrested Thursday after authorities discovered over two dozen migrants crammed into a hidden compartment of a trailer. The migrants had been transported from the border with minimal water and endured sweltering heat. Acting on a tip-off about a smuggling operation, authorities tracked the trailer to a rural residence outside San Antonio, said Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar. The residence, described as a dilapidated shack …