Four people were arrested in connection with the discovery of two stash houses in Edinburg and Donna that housed a total of 24 undocumented immigrants, according to a criminal complaint.

The suspects are accused of harboring and transporting the immigrants at residences throughout Hidalgo County, according to a Thursday news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Rigoberto Esteban Perez-Cruz, 37, of Edinburg, and Mexican national Mirza Garcia-Zapata, 37, were arrested Tuesday. Enrique Gonzalez, 57, of Weslaco, and Mexican national Erick Vallejo-Zapata, 21, were arrested Thursday morning following a raid at a home in Weslaco that the criminal complaint identified as Gonzalez’s home.

Channel 5 News cameras were rolling as federal officers executed the search warrant early Thursday morni

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