{"id":1304443,"date":"2022-02-16T21:22:31","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T02:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1304443"},"modified":"2022-02-16T21:22:38","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T02:22:38","slug":"human-smugglers-arrested-near-border-in-west-texas-with-semi-auto-rifles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/human-smugglers-arrested-near-border-in-west-texas-with-semi-auto-rifles\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Smugglers Arrested near Border in West Texas with Semi-Auto Rifles"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhuman-smugglers-arrested-near-border-in-west-texas-with-semi-auto-rifles%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1304443&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Weapons-seized-in-Del-Rio-Sector-640x335-1.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents continue to find heavily armed human smugglers as the surge of migrants illegally crossing the border in this region continues to expand. In two separate incidents, agents found smugglers carrying two semi-automatic rifles and two handguns.<\/p>\n<p>Del Rio Sector Chief Patrol Agent Jason D. Owens tweeted images of two weapons seizures from human smuggling incidents this week near the Texas border with Mexico.&nbsp; The seizures took place in two separate incidents.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In two different smuggling cases, four weapons are seized. One was reported stolen!<\/p>\n<p>Rifles w\/ scoped optics &amp; high-capacity magazines\u2026not what you want to see in the hands of criminal smugglers. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QzO6JY77dA\">pic.twitter.com\/QzO6JY77dA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chief Patrol Agent Jason D. Owens (@USBPChiefDRT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USBPChiefDRT\/status\/1493699140517347330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cRifles w\/ scoped optics &amp; high-capacity magazines\u2026not what you want to see in the hands of criminal smugglers,\u201d Chief Owens said in the post. He added that one of the weapons was reported stolen.<\/p>\n<p>The incidents of apprehending armed human smugglers appears to be following the massive surge in migrant apprehensions in what has now become the nation\u2019s busiest border sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt hasn\u2019t stopped\u2026,\u201d Owens tweeted. \u201cWe continue to see large groups crossing in Del Rio Sector. This time, 107 Nicaraguan Nationals were encountered by Eagle Pass agents in one single event.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It hasn\u2019t stopped\u2026<\/p>\n<p>We continue to see large groups crossing in Del Rio Sector.<br \/>This time, 107 Nicaraguan Nationals were encountered by Eagle Pass agents in one single event. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eY4HjrgxfX\">pic.twitter.com\/eY4HjrgxfX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chief Patrol Agent Jason D. Owens (@USBPChiefDRT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USBPChiefDRT\/status\/1493649298453671936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The human smugglers continue to put migrants\u2019 lives at risk as they attempt to move their \u201chuman cargo\u201d into the U.S. interior. On Tuesday, a suspected human smuggler lost control of his vehicle while attempting to avoid arrest by Texas DPS troopers. The crash resulted in three fatalities and four serious injuries, Breitbart Texas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/border\/2022\/02\/15\/three-dead-four-injured-in-suspected-human-smuggling-crash-in-texas-near-border\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/author\/bob-price\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/author\/bob-price\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1583344635394000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFbc5T2NTdEL9_YFsQbXuOF3xOKVQ\"><em>Bob Price<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;serves as associate editor and senior news contributor for the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/border\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1583344635394000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHrdMnYOa5wlYK9eCiMk9vHw1BGNg\">Breitbart Texas-Border team<\/a>. He is an original member of the Breitbart Texas team. Price is a regular panelist on Fox 26 Houston\u2019s&nbsp;<\/em><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/shows\/whats-your-point\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">What\u2019s Your Point?<\/a>&nbsp;<i>Sunday-morning talk show.&nbsp;<\/i><em>Follow him on Twitter&nbsp;<\/em><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BobPriceBBTX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/BobPriceBBTX&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1583344635395000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEQb2a1GHzWfQaF6dz8gp3IFFlH8w\"><em>@BobPriceBBTX<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<\/em><em><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Bob.Price.Texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Bob.Price.Texas\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1583344635395000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFfJwbhsecZ4WkzQBHLHi_V6PHh6Q\">Face<wbr \/>book<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents continue to find heavily armed human smugglers as the surge of migrants illegally crossing the border in this region continues to expand. 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