Thirteen immigrants were found packed into cardboard boxes in a van in Texas after crossing the border from Mexico.
The immigrants were found squashed into the boxes which were sealed with Scotch tape at a checkpoint north of Laredo on Interstate Highway 35 on October 3.
During the immigration inspection of the driver and front seat passenger, a sniffer dog alerted Border Patrol officers to the back of the van, the Daily Mail reported.
Agents discovered several tape-sealed boxes in the van’s cargo area in a second inspection, with the immigrants found hidden inside.
The undocumented immigrants from Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, and Ecuador have been arrested.
Pictures show at least two people, a topless man and a woman wearing pearls, crouched in one of the boxes.
A US citizen who was driving the rental van carrying the immigrants is in custody but was not yet been identified.
None of the immigrants were wearing personal protective equipment but they were medically screened and not in need of further medical attention.
