Reefer Rig Found Cooling 56 Illegal Aliens

(Laredo, Texas) Sometime after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, 56 illegals aliens were locked inside the ice-covered walls of a refrigerated tractor-trailer rig. Through an anonymous tip, Webb County Sheriff's Deputies were led to the warehouse district of Laredo to rescue the freezing dozens, bunched in the center of the trailer. The truck was found out of gas, but with the key in the ignition and trailer refrigeration on.

Later, a man and a woman were arrested and held on suspicion of human smuggling at a house in eastern Laredo, a suspected staging location for smugglers. All but two of the illegals, consisting of 43 men, 11 women and two children, were sent back to Mexico. The two were held as material witnesses in the smuggling investigation. Notably, one of the illegals was Brazilian.

According to Webb County Sheriff Rick Flores, the reefer rig had likely been left unattended because the smugglers didn't have a driver. Presumably, it's one of those jobs Americans won't do.