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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Trooper pulls over truck for minor infraction only to find 23 illegal migrants, including children, hiding inside
2025-12-09
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A Texas truck driver who was pulled over for a minor traffic violation was found to be smuggling 23 illegal migrants into the country.

John David Amaya,
…Amaya is a girl’s name in Spanish and Japanese, but JD has enough ungroomed facial hair in the photos tocontradict that possiblity …
24, was pulled over for driving on the shoulder of Interstate 35 in La Salle County on November 28 when the state trooper found the motorist was not carrying a commercial driver license.
Two strikes…
The officer promptly ordered a search of Amaya's vehicle, leading to the startling discovery of the group - which included some children - crammed together in the sleeping area of the cab.

Amaya is now charged with 23 counts of smuggling of persons, including some minors. He is also charged with possession of a controlled substance under one gram, according to the Laredo Morning Times. The truck driver can now face a lengthy prison sentence under a 2023 law signed by Governor Greg Abbott, under which individuals caught smuggling people in Texas face a mandatory 10 year prison sentence. He remained in custody Monday evening on multiple bonds exceeding $100,000.

Meanwhile, the migrants - from Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico - were referred to Border Patrol.

In the body camera footage shared by the Department of Public Safety, the truck could be seen traveling down the highway with the trooper in tow before he pulled Amaya over.

At first, the suspect claimed he was just on his way to pick something up - and when he was asked if he had a commercial driver license, Amaya said he just did not have it on him at the time.
Didn’t even bother to have fake documents? Did he never hear that Planning Prevents Problems?
When the trooper then asked for permission to search the vehicle, Amaya seemed to get defensive.

'Is that required?' he asked the trooper as he tried to call his lawyer.

'There's no reason you should be searching the vehicle,' he insisted.

At that point, the trooper informed Amaya that he would get a K9 to search the vehicle, and if the dog found anything, he would have probable cause to search the truck.

'That's fine, I'd like to just wait for the other units,' the trooper replied.

Backup arrived shortly afterward, and a K-9 was walked around the truck until the officer called out, 'he got a hit!,' at which point Amaya was detained.
Third strike and he’s out.
Together with a third officer, the trooper searched the vehicle - unzipping the compartment to the sleeping area, where he found the migrants sitting.

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