Kinney County documented 169 cases of human smuggling in 2021, while 2022 closed the year with more than 700. So far in 2023, they are on pace to break previous records again.
— In June 2021, Kinney County Sheriff Brad Coe was already sounding alarms over what at the time he called"an invasion" of his south Texas county by undocumented migrants and human smugglers.
He added,"More is needed. If we can't control it here the next stop is the Red River", when speaking about how much law enforcement help he needs. They only have six full time deputies to patrol it all. He went on to say the extra help allowed them to patrol areas they were forced to ignore before because of man power.
The first round of supplemental deputies from the task force have already left Kinney County, but more are expected to cycle in during the coming weeks and months as part of an on-going commitment from various counties to help Kinney County deputies. Coe added, smugglers are being recruited from not just throughout Texas and the Dallas-Fort Worth area but from across the country as well.
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