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Facebook Live Captures Alleged Smuggler with Migrants During High-Speed Car Chase

Shortly after the alleged smuggler says goodbye to his uncle, he appears to drive the vehicle off the roadway at a high speed.

Sheriffs office deputies in Zapata County, Texas, initiated a vehicle pursuit on a vehicle suspected to be smuggling a group of migrants on Friday, U.S. Border Patrol Agent Hector Garza told Breitbart Texas in his role as Vice President of the National Border Patrol Council .

When Border Patrol agents arrived on the scene of the bailout, they conducted a search and apprehended the driver and passenger along with several aliens, Garza told Breitbart Texas in a phone interview.

Garza said agents in his sector have seen an increase in the number of pursuits as more migrants are shifting from a strategy of turning themselves in at the border to attempt to avoid apprehension and detention.

You can hear the fear in the voices of the people pleading to be let out as the vehicle reached speeds around 100 mph, Garza stated. Many times, these types of pursuits end in crashes, or worse yet, vehicle rollovers where the migrants are severely injured or killed.

Dimmit County Sheriffs Office deputies took over the pursuit which ended after the driver lost control while entering the town of Big Wells, Texas.

At least four migrants died at the scene and a fifth died at a San Antonio hospital from injuries sustained in the crash.

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