According to the Comanche County Sheriff’s Department, a two year long investigation with Federal, State and local law enforcement ended in the arrest of an illegal alien.

On Tuesday December 14, 2021 Border Patrol and Department of Homeland Security executed an arrest and search warrant in the 500 block of Hwy 3381 just east of the Comanche City limits. The Comanche County Sheriff’s Office assisted in a 2 year long investigation involving human trafficking and fraudulent documents. Throughout the investigation evidence shows over 1,000 persons smuggled. The 33 year old illegal alien was arrested and taken to a federal detention facility. There will be charges for possession of firearms by illegal alien, human smuggling and fraudulent documents pending in the Western and Northern Districts of Texas. There were several agencies assisting in the investigation with other arrests related to this case from Del Rio to Forth Worth.