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Human Smuggling: Fighting the Dangerous Journey
Written by Lacey Harris
Wednesday, 14 May 2008
THE EARLY-MORNING EVENTS OF MAY 14TH, 2003 BRING BACK PAINFUL MEMORIES FOR ALL THOSE INVOLVED, LEAVING MANY ASKING WHY SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAD TO HAPPEN....
SHERIFF ROBERT DE-LA GARZA SAYS AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL HE'S OBLIGATED TO PROTECT NOT ONLY TEXAS CITIZENS, BUT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AS WELL. BOTH WHO FALL VICTIM TO THE COYOTES.
IN ORDER TO PREVENT ANOTHER TRAGEDY, SHERIFF DE-LA GARZA SAYS HUMAN TRAFFICKING MUST END.
CAPTAIN TONY TREVINO HAS BEEN WITH THE GOLIAD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR ALMOST 22 YEARS...HE SAYS HE'S SEEN MANY HUMAN SMUGGLING ATTEMPTS.
AND WHAT GETS CAUGHT ON CAMERA, MAY SURPRISE YOU.... HERE YOU SEE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS BAILING FROM A PICK-UP TRUCK, HOPEFUL TO OUTRUN THE LAW....
LUCKILY THE PEOPLE YOU SEE RUNNING HERE, WEREN'T TRAPPED INSIDE A TRACTOR-TRAILER, WHERE TEMPERATURES REACHED UP TO 170 DEGREES....KILLING 19 MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
SHERIFF DE-LA GARZA SAYS IN THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, HE'S SEEN VERY TERRIBLE THINGS... PEOPLE STARVING, THIRSTY, AND IN DESPERATE NEED OF IMMEDIATE MEDICAL HELP.
