Border Patrol agents in El Paso “dismantled” a human smuggling operation at a local hotel, Border Patrol Chief Michael W. Banks said on social media. They arrested eight undocumented migrants from Mexico,

Border Patrol picked up eight alleged undocumented migrants and four alleged smugglers during a raid at an El Paso hotel

According to a social media post by the 27th Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol, Michael W. Banks, they dismantled the operation by arresting four smugglers and apprehending eight undocumented migrants, some from Mexico and others from Ecuador and Guatemala.

The U.S. Border Patrol named Walter N. Slosar the interim chief of the El Paso Sector, which includes El Paso County and New Mexico.

The Border Patrol’s El Paso Sector has a new interim chief patrol agent. Walter N. Slosar is now head of the sector that stretches from the eastern edge of El Paso County to the New Mexico-Arizona state line.