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LAREDO, Texas (AP) — As vehicles line up at the Border Patrol’s checkpoint a half-hour drive’s north of the US-Mexico border, its agents have around 10 seconds to check each driver and decide which few they will stop for additional inspection.
It’s a situation challenged constantly by smugglers, sometimes with deadly consequences. In July, 10 migrants died after a tractor-trailer packed with people made it through Laredo North, only to be discovered two hours later in a Walmart parking lot in San Antonio. Dozens of others streamed out of the trailer, gasping for air.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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