8 more people charged in kidnapping of migrants that ended in Houston shooting

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Published August 1, 2023 2:31 PM

By JAKE BLEIBERG
Associated Press

Officials says eight people have been charged with federal crimes in connection with the March kidnapping of a group of migrants that ended with FBI agents fatally shooting a suspect. Federal officials say the abductions began as a human smuggling effort in a South Texas border city but morphed into a kidnapping during a shootout on a rural stretch of interstate east of Houston. They say three migrants were wounded by gunfire and three others were taken captive, beaten and held for ransom.

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