Texas Department of Public Safety Tactical Marine Unit troopers arrested a Mexican national for allegedly smuggling migrants across the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass. The Texas troopers teamed up with Florida Fish and Wildlife game wardens deployed to the border region under Operation Lone Star.
Texas DPS spokesman Lt. Chris Olivarez tweeted a video showing a DPS Tactical Marine Unit delivering an arrested Mexican national to the boat ramp in Eagle Pass. Troopers say the man, identified as by police Armando Grimaldo-Hernandez, was smuggling migrants across the Rio Grande from his hometown of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, into Texas.
During a marine patrol, the @TxDPS Tactical Marine Unit & @MyFWC interdicted a human smuggler/coyote for guiding groups of illegal immigrants across the Rio Grande River in #EaglePass. Armando Grimaldo-Hernandez, of Piedras Negras, MX, was arrested for…