Guardia Nacional Member from Texas Arrested for Migrant Trafficking

Source: https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2024/04/04/miembro-guardia-nacional-texas-migrante-trax/

A member of the Texas National Guard was arrested and charged with human trafficking after allegedly leading police on a high-speed chase near the Texas-Mexico border on Sunday.

The suspect, identified by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) as Savion Johnson, 26, was approaching a checkpoint in Kinney County when he turned his vehicle and began driving away from authorities, Kinney County Sheriff Brad Coe told CNN.

Deputies from the Kinney County Sheriff’s Office, as well as DPS troopers, were involved in the pursuit, Coe said. At one point, the vehicle briefly stopped, and a migrant got out of the vehicle and fled on foot, according to Coe, who added that authorities were unable to locate the migrant.

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The vehicle was eventually stopped on Highway 90 near Brackettville after law enforcement deployed spikes on the road to stop it. A sheriff’s deputy found an identification on Johnson linking him to the National Guard, Coe said.

“He had his uniform and helmet in the (vehicle) with him,” Coe said, adding that he was told the individual was on active duty at the time with Operation Lone Star, the state-led massive law enforcement initiative at the border.

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