Alleged human smuggling operation exposed in Texas as 17 illegal aliens found inside residential home

Officials revealed that an alleged quality smuggling cognition involving implicit a twelve individuals has been uncovered wrong a Texas home.

Authorities with the Texas Department of Public Safety and Laredo Border Patrol conducted an cognition astatine a residential location successful Laredo, Texas, connected Tuesday, Dec. 17, officials said successful a societal media post.

During the operation, authorities said they uncovered 17 individuals illegally contiguous successful the United States. 

One individual, identified by officials arsenic a "suspected caretaker," was subsequently taken into custody and charged with quality smuggling, according to authorities.

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Authorities arrested 1 idiosyncratic aft uncovering an alleged quality smuggling cognition successful which 17 amerciable immigrants were recovered wrong a location successful Laredo, Texas, connected Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2025.  (Laredo Border Patrol)

In a photograph shared connected Laredo Border Patrol’s societal media account, 10 individuals — astir with their faces obstructed — tin beryllium seen sitting connected the room level wrong the home. 

Authorities did not supply details regarding the identities of the 17 amerciable aliens oregon the alleged caretaker. 

In a societal media post, Laredo Border Patrol celebrated the arrest, writing, "Operation Success!"

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U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents arrested 2 American citizens connected national quality smuggling charges aft discovering 4 amerciable immigrants wrong a location successful Laredo, Texas connected Monday, Dec. 8, 2025.  (U.S. Customs and Border Patrol)

The sting comes conscionable days aft agents uncovered yet different alleged quality smuggling cognition successful the aforesaid town. 

According to U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, 2 American citizens were arrested for allegedly smuggling 4 amerciable aliens into their Laredo location connected Dec. 8. 

Two Guatemalan nationals, 1 Mexican nationalist and a Honduran nationalist were discovered wrong the residence by authorities and subsequently taken into custody pending deportation, CPB said successful a societal media post. 

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Migrants hold successful enactment adjacent to the borderline obstruction nether the ticker of the Texas National Guard to participate into El Paso, Texas, Wednesday, May 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton, File)

Authorities arrested the 2 unnamed American citizens, who are present facing national alien smuggling charges. 

"Illegaly introduction leads to deportation," CPB said successful a societal media post. "Don’t hazard it."

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According to information released by CPB, Laredo accounted for 4,400 onshore borderline encounters successful the 2025 fiscal year, with the full southwest portion of Texas seeing 103,124 encounters wrong the aforesaid clip frame. 

The Texas Department of Public Safety did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital’s petition for comment.