A 16-year-old teen was arrested after getting caught while trying to smuggle four migrants through the southern border, Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks said.
The incident took place earlier this month in El Paso, Texas, when four migrants were spotted entering the car he was driving.
Banks detailed that when authorities attempted to stop the car, the driver "disregarded, and a short pursuit ensued."
"Law enforcement swiftly activated a vehicle immobilization device that brought the car to a stop. The 16-year-old driver was arrested and now faces state charges for human smuggling," Banks added, noting that the migrants will be "processed according to immigration law."
Authorities also communicated this week that a U.S. citizen was caught by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents while allegedly attempting to smuggle a dozen migrants into the country.
Border Report detailed that Alan William Fischbach was spotted making trips to pick up migrants, taking them to hotels and picking them up from stash houses.
The outlet added that Fishbach made a stop at an apartment complex and left four migrants inside a rented SUV after he suspected he was being followed.
He then called a ride-share car, which was later stopped by agents. They arrested Fishbach while holding hotel keys in which he had allegedly dropped off migrants. They also retrieved the migrants from the SUV, noting that they looked in distress given the high temperatures they were enduring.
When talking to agents, Fishbach said he had picked up 12 migrants and arranged for the return of two cartel members who smuggled them into the country. They paid him $300 for each migrant he picked up in Nogales and $150 for those taken to Green Valley.
Fishbach was charged with bringing in and harboring migrants and will face a hearing on September 10 in Tucson.
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