BREAKING: For the first time, @TxDPS & the TX National Guard captured a human smuggler who was using a raft to bring 7 illegal immigrants across the Rio Grande in Roma, TX. The 17 y/o smuggler fought troopers. A 45 y/o illegal resisted & is a previously deported felon. @FoxNews 
The operation was conducted Tues night. The raft was full of single adult illegal immigrants. Per @TxDPS, one of them was Jose Rafael Ramos Portillo of El Salvador, a previously deported felon for sexual assault. Texas Rangers will seek extra charges on him for resisting arrest.
The smuggler guiding the raft was a 17-year-old from Mexico who has been arrested twice before for human smuggling, per @TxDPS. I’m told he fought with troopers when they moved to apprehend him. He will be charged w/ assault on a public servant, resisting, & human smuggling.
The other 6 illegal immigrants in the raft were turned over to Border Patrol.
This is the first time an operation like this has been conducted by Texas law enforcement during this border crisis. There had been hesitations before w/ worries smugglers would flip rafts w/ kids.
This is the first time an operation like this has been conducted by Texas law enforcement during this border crisis. There had been hesitations before w/ worries smugglers would flip rafts w/ kids.
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