Over two dozen illegal aliens dressed in military-style camouflage were caught entering Texas from Mexico, according to Fox News reporter Bill Melugin who posted a wild Texas DPS video of the migrants attempting to flee capture. Thirty-two migrants were caught by Border Patrol agents and Texas Department of Public Safety officers in a recent joint effort. Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX), whose district includes Big Bend, says the cartels usually make those crossing there pass a five-day desert survival course before sending them over from Mexico. As if to make the point, the body of a young woman migrant from Honduras who succumbed to the harsh environment was found during the operation.
The migrants are seen on video running through a ranch in the Big Bend sector in West Texas as a Texas DPS helicopter flushes them out from a grove of trees into open terrain.
NEW: A group of 32 illegal immigrants dressed in camouflage flees from a @TxDPS helicopter in the remote Big Bend sector, which we just visited last week. People who cross illegally in this desolate area do not want to be caught and are not surrendering themselves. @FoxNews pic.twitter.com/8yHiaREHXF
— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) May 23, 2022
All 32 of the illegal immigrants were eventually apprehended by @TxDPS and US Border Patrol. @FoxNews pic.twitter.com/zLUhD1ZlPh
— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) May 23, 2022
The Border Patrol’s chief of the Big Bend Sector Sean McGoffin posted a brief report that featured the capture of the camo-dressed migrants, “Past 24 Hours….-Alpine Border Patrol intercepted TWO vehicle smuggling attempts. -Van Horn Border Patrol apprehended a large group of 32. -Van Horn Border Patrol found over 200 pounds of abandoned marijuana. -Sierra Blanca Border Patrol apprehended a large group of 28.”
Past 24 Hours….
-Alpine Border Patrol intercepted TWO vehicle smuggling attempts.
-Van Horn Border Patrol apprehended a large group of 32.
-Van Horn Border Patrol found over 200 pounds of abandoned marijuana.
-Sierra Blanca Border Patrol apprehended a large group of 28. pic.twitter.com/G4MQah3dRG— Chief Patrol Agent Sean L. McGoffin (@USBPChiefBBT) May 20, 2022
Melugin reported from the Big Bend sector last week.
For the last 2 days, we have been embedded with an elite @TxDPS tracker in the remote and desolate Big Bend Sector in west Texas. Extremely unforgiving terrain. Illegal immigrants here do not want to be caught, and it is a popular area for drug smugglers. Story to come! @FoxNews pic.twitter.com/aJg7IZcrpg
— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) May 18, 2022
“NEW: While we were embedded with @TxDPS in the remote Big Bend sector in west TX, within a one hour span, we encountered five drug smugglers, 9 bundles of drugs in two separate busts, and the body of a 28-year-old deceased Honduran woman who sadly died in the elements.”
NEW: While we were embedded with @TxDPS in the remote Big Bend sector in west TX, within a one hour span, we encountered five drug smugglers, 9 bundles of drugs in two separate busts, and the body of a 28-year-old deceased Honduran woman who sadly died in the elements. @FoxNews pic.twitter.com/x43Cq9xMHg
— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) May 19, 2022
NEW: We wanted to switch our border coverage up, so we went to an area we had never been to. The Big Bend sector in west Texas, the most remote and inhospitable terrain along the border. We embedded with an elite @TxDPS tracker as we found drugs, smugglers, and a corpse. @FoxNews pic.twitter.com/IMcDs6z1sr
— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) May 20, 2022
Rep. Gonzales commented on Fox’s reporting, “Of all the border sectors I have always believed future terrorist would transit through the Big Bend sector. Illegal migrants here are dressed in camo from head to toe, often have to pass a 5 day desert survival course offered by the cartels prior to starting their trek.”
Of all the border sectors I have always believed future terrorist would transit through the Big Bend sector. Illegal migrants here are dressed in camo from head to toe, often have to pass a 5 day desert survival course offered by the cartels prior to starting their trek. https://t.co/1Tfz02kAZm
— Tony Gonzales (@TonyGonzales4TX) May 20, 2022
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