HOUSTON - A Houston man is charged with attempting to smuggle dozens of people into the United States near Hebbronville in the back of a box truck.

Kenneth Gamboa, 25, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Brian Bajew on Monday.

Man caught smuggling migrants into Texas

The backstory:

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, on Aug 15, Gamboa was stopped at the Border Patrol checkpoint on Farm to Market Road 1017 in Jim Hogg County.

Gamboa was driving in a box truck with paper plates and, after primary inspection, a K-9 alerted to humans or narcotics in the cargo area, officials state.

An x-ray was done of the truck and allegedly revealed what looked like people standing next to each other in the storage area ofd the truck. After an investigation, officers found a false wall in th

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