A tragic story about the 53 migrants found dead in a trailer in Texas is horrific, but what .....

[imanamerican63]

Gov. Abbott said about it is disturbing and is avoiding the truth that he is partly to blame for this. He claims that “President Biden hasn’t done anything to stop this from happening”. Well, neither has Gov. Abbott! What happened to the border checks that he says that they do at the border to stop illegals from from crossing the border? His stunt a couple of months ago failed, but this truck was able to get thru and now there are dozens dead. Yes, it was one truck, but according to Abbott, every truck is inspected throughly. Someone didn’t do their job no matter what. One other thing Gov. Abbott, you allowed Trump to lock up children in cages in your state and didn’t try to stop him. Your policy of the border is below any US government standards and it is a pathetic excuse to blame President Biden when you can’t do your job in the first place!

[secondwind]

1. Hear, hear...... spot on!

[lapfog_1]

2. I was talking to a friend who owns a trucking business

and has trucks moving goods between Mexico and USA.

He said there was zero chance that someone (possibly more than one) in Border Patrol was not bribed to look the other way when that truck crossed the border.

He said is was very likely that BP and the FBI will find the video of the truck going through the checkpoint and find the BP agent that didn't inspect a tractor trailer full of 100+ people.

His comments seem credible to me.

[NJCher]

3. Sounds logical to me, too

Somebody will be heading across a border.

[LeftInTX]

4. There are snapshots of him going through the Encinal BP Checkpoint at 2:50 PM

However, the consensus is that he picked up the migrants from stash houses in Laredo. Some of the migrants had texted that they were staying in Texas and waiting for a ride up north. Some had been in Texas for over a week.

Link to tweet

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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The man accused of driving the 18-wheeler that carried the 53 migrants who died in Monday’s human smuggling tragedy has been arrested.

Homero Zamorano, Jr. was arrested on criminal charges following his alleged involvement in human smuggling. The border patrol says Zamorano can be seen in a surveillance photo from Monday.

Just before passing through a customs checkpoint in the city of Encinal.

Authorities believe Zamorano started his route near Laredo on Monday, before abandoning the truck on the southwest side of San Antonio.
https://www.kgns.tv/2022/06/30/driver-arrested-alleged-role-human-smuggling-deaths-san-antonio/

[lapfog_1]

6. so this isn't a case related to smuggling people over the border at all...

It is more a case of a bad decision for a taxi ride to someplace else within the USA.

And while they may have been illegal immigrants... that really isn't a salient fact.

Hard to see how this is the Federal Government's fault.

[keithbvadu2]

5. If the border is open, as Abbot claims, there is no need to smuggle.

If the border is open, as Abbot claims, there is no need to smuggle.

If the smuggling is only within TX, then Abbot is deficient.

If Abbot let the truck through by ignoring it, it still comes down to Abbot.

[raccoon]

7. Abbott is just another turkey like Trump who blames other people for everything.

Abbott is just another turkey like Trump who blames other people for everything.