CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Texas state troopers arrested a man after finding 20 migrants, including 4 minors, concealed inside a truck tractor during a traffic stop on Interstate 35 in Webb County.
On May 18, 2026, just after 6 p.m., a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper conducted a traffic stop on a white Volvo truck tractor on IH-35 near mile marker 28. The driver attempted to flee on foot but was immediately arrested.
A search of the vehicle revealed 20 migrants concealed in the truck tractor's sleeping area.
The driver, Miguel Angel Velazquez Chavez, 25, a Mexican national, was charged with evading arrest and smuggling of persons and booked into the Webb County Jail.
The 20 migrants, including 4 minors, from Mexico and Guatemala, were referred to U.S. Border Patrol in Laredo.
The Texas DPS Criminal Investigations Division continues to investigate the case.
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