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Border Agents Locate Missing Teen Hidden Inside Tractor-Trailer

By Sonia Ramirez-Muñoz, Sep 1, 2020
 

LAREDO, TX — A missing juvenile from Odessa was located by border agents after the driver attempted to smuggle the girl inside a tractor-trailer.

According to Customs and Border Patrol agents, the girl was discovered after the tractor-trailer passed through an I-35 checkpoint.

Deputies with the Webb County Sheriff's Office took custody of the driver and juvenile.

The identity of the juvenile has not been released.

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