Border Patrol Agents near Del Rio, TX attempted to perform an immigration check on a vehicle after it passed them at a high rate speed.
After detaining the vehicle, they found a total of 19 passengers in the pickup truck, nine were from Mexico, six were from El Salvador and four were from Guatemala. Seven of the group were juveniles, including a 20-month-old. The driver, a 40-year-old Mexican citizen, had a small amount of cocaine in his possession and was turned over to Homeland Security Investigations for federal prosecution for alien smuggling (8 USC 1324).
Read more at cbp.gov.
