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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Zack Palomo

Watch: Woman ‘hauling mattresses’ arrested after police find 25 migrants hiding in truck

This is the moment Texas police discovered over two dozen undocumented migrants ‘crammed’ into a truck during a crash investigation.

After being stopped over a minor crash, Silvia Patricia Santamaria, told Department of Public Safety troopers she was driving to Houston after picking up two mattresses in Alton. Body cam shows the trooper relaying the information to another officer, appearing to be suspicious of her story.

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