The smugglers had “meticulously altered and hollowed out” the bales to create cramped compartments where they could cram people into and hide from the authorities, the sheriff said.

Police stop innocent-looking trailer – only to uncover smuggling operation in hollowed-out bales of hay - Texas officials ...

A dozen migrants were found hidden inside hollow hay bales following a traffic stop in Texas. Fayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek said an official stopped a pickup truck carrying a trailer loaded ...

Suspected human smugglers were arrested this week while allegedly attempting to hide migrants inside modified hay bales, officials said. Deputies conducting a routine traffic stop on a pickup ...

FAYETTE COUNTY, Texas — At least a dozen people who authorities claim do not have legal status were found concealed inside ...

Inside, he found 12 people without legal status, hidden behind metal frameworks and layers of hay. Nine of the people were from Guatemala, one from Mexico, one from El Salvador and one from China. Two ...