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And once they do that, they get everything arranged. They're waiting for their coyote - you know, that we call the coyote - the one that's going to handle the transportation. Sharyl: So the people who are in a stash house, are they waiting for a ride to be picked up and distributed somewhere else in the country? At the same time, they're doing drugs, but they're doing a lot with the immigrants because it's a win-win situation. I mean, they're making millions and millions of dollars getting the immigrants across the river banks. But once they come into Mexico, they become property of the cartels. When they're coming from Mexico - but they're coming from other countries, right. Sheriff Cuellar: Well, you have to remember where they come from. Sharyl: Who's stashing them, and where are they going next? And some of those houses don't even have air conditioning. They're going to be sitting down or taking a nap or whatever it may be. Everywhere that there's a space, they're going to lay. And then all of a sudden you see just bodies laying everywhere. And once we knock, you may see one immigrant open the door. Over a year we've been getting a lot of stash houses. Sharyl: Can you explain the stash houses? Have you been finding more people packed into stash houses in the past six months or year? Webb County, Texas Sheriff Martin Cuellar. Sheriff Martin Cuellar: We may find 70 immigrants in one given place. Stash houses are where illegal immigrants are held until the cartels can distribute them across the U.S. 17 more are inside.Īn hour’s drive away in Edinburg, Texas, 27 illegal immigrants are found stuffed in an apartment. When agents arrive, 15 people run out the back. Border Patrol gets called about a suspected stash house for human smuggling. ' Watch the video by clicking the link at the end of the page.

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The following is a transcript of a report from ' Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson. Southern Texas is one place where the number of stash houses and related crime are spiking- with the record number of illegal border crossings. Cartel criminals move humans across the border into the U.S, holding them like cattle in poor and dangerous conditions. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced.One growing danger in America's border crisis surrounds stash houses. This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Exhibition HistoryĬrossing Lines, Constructing Home: Displacement and Belonging in Contemporary Art, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge,. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Provenance Kirsten Luce, sold to the Harvard Art Museums, 2019 State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Edition 1/20 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Fund for the Acquisition of Photographs Copyright © Kirsten Luce Accession Year 2019 Object Number 2019.100 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. Signed: On verso, in black ink: Kirsten Luce Series/Book Title: Stash Houses of South Texas Classification Photographs Work TypeĬreation Place: North America, United States, Texas Culture American Persistent Link Physical Descriptions Medium Digital C-print Dimensions sheet: 40.6 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in.) Title Stash House in Orange Grove Other Titles Identification and Creation Object Number 2019.100 People Kirsten Luce (Hyannis, MA born 1981)