Police in Florida Let’s say two vans full of 26 Chinese migrants were stopped on Tuesday morning, while two alleged smugglers were detained, Fox News Digital learned.
The incident happened in Coral Gables, a city near Miami, and comes more than a week after a group of more than 30 migrants in vans were caught there.
In today’s incident, the Detective of the Coral Gables Khaled Tahah Police Directorate said he was a awake citizen Contacted police About 8 hours related to possible Chinese migrants who transported passenger vans.
Florida police say two vans full of 26 Chinese migrants were stopped on Tuesday morning, while two alleged smuggers were detained. (Police Google Maps/Coral Gables)
“Our units responded to the area and managed to locate both vans. There were traffic stops on each van, which resulted in a total of 26 people who seem to be Chinese migrants.”
Taha said the passengers of the van were a mixture of males and females. Two alleged smugglers are males.
One of the vans stopped at 11600 Old Cutler Road, while the other was stopped in the 8800 Old Cutler Road block in Kendall, he said.
Several people could be seen sitting on the side of the road while the police were running, WSVN reports. They were later loaded on county strollers and transported to an undiscovered place, on the way out.
Research of the Homeland Security Department (HSI) and Customs and border patrol He answered the scene and took over the investigation, Tahah said.
Police Chief Coral Gables Edward James Hudak Jr. He talks to reporters about a group of migrants found in the U-Haul vehicle on January 17, 2025. (WSVN-TV)
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Fox News Digital addressed both agencies for additional information, but did not immediately receive an answer.
The incident on Tuesday comes more than a week after a group with more than 30 migrants, most of them ChineseThey were found inside the Toyota and U-Haul truck also in Coral Gables after a report on the alleged abduction.
This incident happened on January 17, after the security guard of the homeowner’s owners reported that he saw the abduction around 9:35, police chief Coral Gables Edward James Hudak Jr. told reporters to reporters.
The vehicles were stopped by officers, and a woman who was allegedly abducted was taken away from Toyota. Officers then began to explore the U-Haul truck, who had 16 Chinese females, 15 Chinese males, one man from Cuba and females from Ecuador, police reported.
The U-Haul van in which Chinese migrants were found is drawn from the scene at the Coral Gables in Florida on January 17, 2025. (WSVN-TV)
Near migrants Toyota were a Cuban man, a Brazilian woman and a man from Ecuador, police said.
Investigators have studied whether a woman who may have been abducted tried to escape from her alleged smugglers. The Coral Gables Fire Department responded to the provision of medical care to migrants, who were “tired” but in good condition, police said.
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Migrants are committed American border patroland four others were taken to a police detention regarding the incident.
The number of Chinese nationals who met at the border had increased greatly since 2021. In FY 2022, there were 1,970 meetings in FY 2023, with over 24,200 meetings recorded in the fiscal year 2024 April 2024.
Fox News’ Louis Casiano contributed to this report.
