A smuggler in a black Chrysler 300 led DPS Troopers on a high-speed pursuit in Cameron Co. earlier this week.
The smuggler, Benjamin Barbosa, from Brownsville, drove on the wrong side of the road through oncoming traffic until Troopers conducted a PIT maneuver to successfully stop the pursuit. Barbosa and his passenger, Marcos Julian, from San Benito, then led DPS Troopers on a short foot pursuit before being arrested.
Barbosa was charged with evading arrest, smuggling of persons with the likelihood of serious bodily injury or death and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Julian was charged with smuggling of persons with the likelihood of serious bodily injury or death, evading arrest and resisting arrest.
Troopers referred five illegal immigrants, from Venezuela and Mexico, who had been found inside the vehicle to Border Patrol.
