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Texas Department of Public Safety Troopers arrested an alleged associate of Mexico’s Gulf Cartel on claims he helped five illegal immigrants enter the U.S.
Texas DPS Lt. Chris Olivarez shared footage of the arrest on Twitter on Wednesday, showing a cavalryman interviewing Jose Juan Eufracio Medina, an illegal immigrant from Mexico.
Olivarez said the DPS brush and drone teams found a smuggler or coyote, later identified as Medina, who led a group of illegal immigrants across the Rio Grande River.
He also allegedly helped the illegal immigrants climb the border wall with a ladder.
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Texas Department of Public Safety troopers arrested a Mexican Gulf Cartel operative for people smuggling after he allegedly led five illegal immigrants to the US (Texas Department of Public Security)
In a video, Medina denied leading the group of immigrants to the US and told a trooper that he wanted the guide, or the man he was on the phone with, to cross the border with them.
Medina told the trooper that he paid $1,000 to enter the US
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Jose Juan Eufracio Medina was arrested Tuesday in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley sector for allegedly smuggling five illegal immigrants into the US. (Texas Department of Public Security)
During the interview, Medina said he helped the group by holding a ladder while the illegal immigrants climbed the border wall so they wouldn’t fall, but insisted he was independent of the group.
When asked why the group followed him, he told the trooper it could be because he was wiser, more understanding, and more capable.
Medina was arrested along with the other five illegal immigrants from Mexico, El Salvador and Guatemala.
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He eventually told DPS that he was on his way to Houston and working for the Gulf Cartel, according to the social media post.
Greg Wehner is a breaking news reporter for Fox News Digital.
