HIDALGO — An Edinburg woman tried to smuggle a young boy into the country illegally, federal au-thorities said Tuesday.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers sent the 32-year-old woman and a boy under the age of 2 to secondary inspection at the Hidalgo-Reynosa International Bridge on Saturday, according to a news re-lease from CBP.
The woman, who drove a red 2008 Nissan Altima, told officers the boy was her son, officials said. She presented a U.S. passport card for herself and a Texas birth certificate for the boy.
During secondary inspection, however, officers determined the child was not related to the woman but was a Mexican national without documents to enter the U.S., officers said.
They arrested her and she is now scheduled for an appearance before a U.S. magistrate on criminal charges for violation of U.S. immigration law.
Officers took the boy to a hospital, where he was treated for dehydration, and released him to a U.S. Health and Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement facility, where he will be temporarily housed, the release stated.
Authorities did not provide additional details about the case.
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PHARR – A 36-year-old Pharr resident was arrested Friday and charged with trying to smuggle a boy into the country.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Pharr/Reynosa International Bridge said the woman was driving a green minivan with several children onboard. Officials said the woman showed them her U.S. passport and U.S. birth certificates for the four children
During a secondary examination, officers discovered only three of the children, ages 3, 10 and 12, were related to the woman. The officers’ investigation revealed the fourth child, an 11-year-old boy, was a Mexican national without documents to enter the country. The boy was turned over to a U.S. Health and Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement center.
The woman was jailed and will go before a judge to face charges for violating U.S. immigration law.
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