Border agents in Texas found 27 illegal immigrants trapped inside multiple freight train cars they were using to secretly enter deeper into the United States, authorities said Monday.
U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Hebbronville Station, about 55 miles east of Laredo, conducted a routine check on a freight train Sunday evening and discovered 14 individuals packed inside a grain-hopper train car, U.S.
Customs and Border Protection said in a news release. Several hours later, agents discovered another 13 individuals inside the cramped quarters of a similar car.
Agents used a ladder to rescue all 27 people from the enclosed containers. All 27 individuals were medically evaluated and determined to have come to the U.S.
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