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2022-04-22 -Lurid Crime Tales-
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Border Town USA: Migrants Busted in Michigan with Mexican Cartel's 20K Fentanyl Pills
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[Breitbart] Police in Sterling Heights, Michigan, arrested two illegal immigrants following a vehicle pursuit. The officers found more than 20,000 fentanyl pills allegedly transported for a Mexican cartel.
Sterling Heights police attempted to stop a BMW on April 8. The driver refused to yield, Fox2 Michigan reported this week.
The chase ended when the driver pulled into a dead-end road and fled on foot. Officers arrested him not far from the vehicle.
During a search of the BMW, the officers found more than 20,000 fentanyl pills disguised as OxyContin. In addition, the officers found more than 500 grams of powdered fentanyl.
In addition to the driver, the officers also arrested a female passenger. Both allegedly told the officers they were Mexican nationals in the U.S. illegally and were working for an unidentified drug cartel, WDIV Detroit reported.
Officials estimated the street value of the drugs to be in excess of $350,000. They said there was enough fentanyl to kill “thousands of Michiganders.”
The CDC reports that fentanyl is now the leading cause of death between the ages of 18 and 45, according to Families Against Fentanyl.
In Texas, Governor Greg Abbott initiated Operation Lone Star to counter the influx of the deadly substance amid border policy shifts by the Biden Administration.
“When you look at the fact that we’ve apprehended enough fentanyl to kill every man, woman, and child in Texas, and the fact that fentanyl is the leading cause of death in the United States for people between the age of 18 and 45,” Abbott said in an exclusive interview with Breitbart in March. “In Texas, more than 1,300 people lost their lives last year because of fentanyl,” the governor added.
“The Texas Military Department said that from March 2021 through earlier this month, its troops near the border confiscated more than 1,200 pounds (540 kilograms) of fentanyl,” the governor said in an AP interview reported by Breitbart. “By comparison, federal authorities reported confiscating about 11,000 pounds (4,990 kilograms) in 2021 — still a fraction of what entered the country.”
15 Migrants Found Under Hay Bales near Border in Texas
[Breitbart] Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents and Texas Department of Public Safety troopers found a group of migrants hidden in a cattle trailer. Human smugglers packed the migrants in an un-ventilated compartment under bales of hay.
Texas DPS troopers stopped a Dodge pickup truck towing a cattle trailer filled with bales of hay, according to information obtained from U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Troopers believed the trailer was equipped with a false compartment and contacted Border Patrol agents for assistance.
Border Patrol agents arrived and a K-9 alerted to the possible presence of drug or human cargo inside the trailer. A search of the trailer confirmed the presence of the hidden compartment and the presence of 13 migrants trapped inside the un-ventilated space.
The driver was allegedly bound for the Falfurrias Border Patrol checkpoint on U.S. Highway 281 in Brooks County before being stopped. “This smuggling tactic placed the migrants’ lives at further risk due to the excessive heat in the compartment and approximately one-hour travel time to the checkpoint,” officials stated.
The photos tweeted by Rio Grande Valley Sector Chief Patrol Agent Brian Hastings show the grants inside the cramped space that forced them to sit with their knees to their chest and their heads bowed over and down.
“If not for the actions of authorities, the driver would have attempted smuggling the group through a border patrol checkpoint, more than an hr drive away,” Chief Hastings stated.
DPS took custody of the driver and two other passengers who are expected to be charged with alien smuggling, officials report. The migrants, identified as citizens of Central American nations, were taken by Border Patrol agents. 
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