Watch: Texas Troopers Chase Car and Make Amazing Discovery in Trunk

Texas troops involved in a high speed chase Ten migrants were crammed into the car with an alleged human smuggler, including at least three in the trunk.

Footage of the chase along Interstate 35 in Webb County ended when Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers apprehended the suspect on October 30.

In October, Newsweek reported that border agents were confronted with illegal immigration hotspots along the southern border where cameras haven’t worked for a year.

The chase began when DPS troopers spotted a Dodge Charger suspected of transporting immigrants who were in the U.S. illegally.

Troopers attempted to stop the vehicle, but the driver — identified as Jaime Gonzalez, a Laredo resident — responded to a car chase by leading officers, Chris Olivarez, a DPS spokesperson, said in a post on X, formerly Tweet.

Gonzalez swerved through parking lots and nearby streets to avoid law enforcement, Olivarez continued.

Using a maneuver, DPS troopers were eventually able to stop the car. Upon inspection, they discovered that ten migrants from Mexico were crammed into the vehicle.including two children 8 and 9 years old, the post said.

Olivarez wrote: “Troopers charged Gonzalez with eight counts of trafficking with the risk of serious bodily injury or death, two counts of trafficking persons under 18 years of age, evading arrest with the risk of serious bodily injury or death and reckless driving behavior.”

All ten individuals found in the vehicle have been referred to the U.S. Border Patrol for further processing.

Hector Garza, the vice president of the National Border Patrol Council, previously said Newsweek on malfunctioning cameras along the U.S.-Mexico border: “This has been a serious problem for the past eight months.” He added, “We didn’t realize how serious it was. At first we thought it was a Laredo sector problem, but we found out this is a major nationwide problem.”

In October, DPS conducted a high-speed chase, ultimately arresting a Guatemalan national suspected of human smuggling after finding nine migrants in the vehicle.

As part of the Governor of Texas Greg Abbott‘s $11 million Operation Lone Star, launched in 2021 to combat illegal migration, DPS has been deployed to disrupt smuggling activities along the border.

Immigration and border security are important issues for voters in next week’s elections.

Polling by Redfield & Wilton Strategies on behalf of Newsweek showed that 68 percent of Americans thought the federal government should adopt more policies tough approach to immigration.

According to a Gallup poll, a slim majority of respondents supported Trump’s flagship policies since his tenure in the White House, while 53 percent favored significantly expanding wall construction along the border. US-Mexico borderan increase of 13 points since 2019.