Border Patrol agents take into custody several illegal immigrants who were being smuggled from the U.S.–Mexico border to San Antonio, in Brackettville, Texas, on Aug. 26, 2022. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times
KINNEY COUNTY, Texas—Cowboy hats filled a local barbecue restaurant in Brackettville last week as Texas sheriffs convened in a border county that’s being clobbered by human smuggling.
The sheriffs, all from non-border counties, were responding to a call for help from Kinney County Sheriff Brad Coe.
Charlotte Cuthbertson
Senior Reporter
Charlotte Cuthbertson is a senior reporter with The Epoch Times who primarily covers border security and the opioid crisis.