HUMAN SMUGGLING

Isabel Franco, 22, was taken into custody by Kinney County Sheriff’s deputies and special agents with the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Juan Carlos Soto-Victorino, 19, Jose Jared Soto-Victorino, 20, Lazaro Alfonso Estrada-Perez, 33, Fernando Espinoza-Rodaz, 26, and Lazaro Yonary Espinosa-Ramos, 18, are each charged with aggravated kidnapping and engaging in organized criminal activity.

San Antonio police who were called to perform a welfare check Monday morning uncovered what they believe to be a human smuggling operation on the city’s Northwest Side.

A driver who sideswiped a San Antonio Police Department SUV Wednesday morning may have been smuggling a truck full of migrants, investigators say.

The Kinney County EMS is struggling to keep up with increased demand in need as human smuggling cases rise.

As Kinney County sees an increase in human smuggling, the people of Brackettville are adjusting to the influx as well.

The Kinney County Sheriff's Office has been busier than usual with an increase in human smuggling throughout the county.

Javon Rene Tristan, 19, and Kameron Jahmal Tapp, 19, are each charged with attempted murder.

The Department of Justice announced Tuesday that the eight suspects coordinated the transportation of the migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border to other parts of the country.

The Department of Justice’s Joint Task Force Alpha announces international arrests of top Guatemalan human smugglers.

A memorial service on Quintana Rd. honored the lives of the 53 people who died in the back of a tractor-trailer on June 27th.

A Mexican air force plane has landed at an airport near Mexico City bearing eight bodies of the 53 migrants who were found dead in a truck in Texas last month.

In the aftermath of the human smuggling operation that left 53 people dead, sheriff Javier Salazar joined Leading SA to discuss issues in and around Bexar County.

In the days following the migrant tragedy on Quintana Rd. San Antonio Fire Department is caring for the first responders who responded to that scene.

Here’s what we know about how the suspects were discovered and the charges they could be facing.

The Dilley Police Department allowed KSAT 12 to ride along as they attempted to intercept human smuggling operations in and around their city.

Dilley police are dealing with a massive increase in the number of chases and human smuggling incidents over the past few months and say they would be overwhelmed without the help of Operation Lone Star.

A 15-year-old boy accused in a human smuggling operation out of Kinney County was shot on Monday and is recovering in a San Antonio hospital.

With three high-profile human smuggling cases in Bexar County in as many weeks, KSAT sat down with Homeland Security Investigations Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) Jeffrey Ryan to talk about where San Antonio falls in the smuggling pipeline.

All seven suspects were drivers or passengers of vehicles stopped by Bexar County Sheriff’s investigators Thursday afternoon after they left a property in the 11200 block of Briggs Road, where a neighbor had reported seeing 50 people exit a tractor trailer.

Border Patrol officials say the ongoing influx of undocumented immigrants at the border and a continued crackdown on big rig smuggling have led human smugglers to recruit teenage drivers on social media.

Truck drivers are encouraged to take training that would help them become more

Houston police say they have found dozens of people inside a Southwest Houston home in a possible case of human smuggling.

Towing companies say they're losing money towing a high number of vehicles involved in suspected human smuggling cases in rural Texas counties.

SAN ANTONIO – One person has been taken into custody in connection with a suspected human smuggling case after several disturbing 911 calls were made to authorities on Monday night, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said Friday. And so, it was right at the border of unincorporated Bexar County in San Antonio. And so, we were getting calls,” Sheriff Salazar said Wednesday. The sheriff said there might be another clue that it may be a human smuggling operation. RELATED: 911 calls could be connected to human smuggling operation in Bexar County

SAN ANTONIO – Disturbing 911 calls received by the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office could be connected to a human smuggling operation, Sheriff Javier Salazar said. And so, it was right at the border of unincorporated Bexar County in San Antonio. I know the San Antonio Police Department was also getting calls around the same time. BCSO obtained surveillance video from a trucking company located near Interstate 35 and Fischer Road. Salazar said BCSO is working closely with the Texas Department of Public Safety, Homeland Security Investigations and the San Antonio Police Department.