On May 22, 2026, Texas DPS troopers stopped a Volvo truck in Webb County. The driver tried to run. When troopers searched the sleeper berth, they found 20 people hidden inside, including four children. While DPS and CBP do their very best to hide the identities of these smuggler trucks, we know the truck was operating under the identity of Super Transport International LTD, DOT 692863, out of Laredo, Texas. A 250-truck, 220-driver cross-border carrier. Hazmat authorized. Satisfactory safety rating. The carrier was CTPAT certified by Customs and Border Protection. Every screening system in the American freight industry gave this carrier a passing grade. So could this be a case of carrier identity theft? Sure, but the numbers that sit on the side of your truck are the indicators that the public has to make a determination on who is operating the truck. We reached out to Super Transport International via email, but received no response. That leaves us with public record and door markings only. The same week as the STI stop, federal prosecutors in the Southern District of Texas announced 271 new immigration and border security cases as part of Operation Take Back America, including 19 people allegedly involved in human smuggling. One of those cases involved a truck driver named Juan Nasario-Reyes who arrived at a checkpoint on May 16 and told officers his vehicle was empty. A K-9 alerted. Law enforcement found four people hidden in the cab and 38 more locked in the trailer from…
