i m john roberts. the risky business of human smuggling is reaching far beyond towns along the border. numerous interceptions of smugglers with migrants shoveled into vehicles to get into america. it doesn t always end in a bust or in the migrants getting through. dramatic scene in houston. f.b.i. agents rescue migrants kidnapped for ransom. two hostages were safely rescued by the f.b.i. and no agents were injured. dana: we re live in mission, texas with more on that kidnapping horror. hi. hi. that was a tense situation there in houston. you could see that those migrants were kidnapped after they crossed into the united states illegally according to authorities and held inside that motel in houston, beaten badly and held for ransom and told if they didn t pay they wouldn t get out. the f.b.i. went in in houston, texas, a tense stand-off situation that went on for a few hours. they rescued them coming three days after investigators say the migrants were kidnapped while d
have been leading this effort to protect women s sports coming up. john: fox news alert, waiting an update in the pentagon after another suspected iranian missile strike targeting a u.s. military base in syria. hello, i m john roberts in washington. sandra, we made it to friday. sandra: we did, the afternoon will hold a lot of news. we ll watch for the pentagon briefing. this is america reports. tensions between the u.s. and iran turning deadly during three separate incidents in syria in the past 24 hours. a suspected iranian drone hit a coalition base in northeast syria, killing an american contractor and wounding five u.s. service members. the pentagon says president biden ordered airstrikes in retaliation, going after iranian-backed forces in eastern syria. john: and a new wave of missile strikes targeted another u.s. military base. iran s deadly attack on americans comes at the same time president biden faces growing criticism of his handling of the middle east. y
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the f.b.i. went in in houston, texas, a tense stand-off situation that went on for a few hours. they rescued them coming three days after investigators say the migrants were kidnapped while driving near houston, texas. officials say the migrants were being held hostage and beaten and sent videos to their families demanding they pay up. two migrants made it out okay. gunfire broke out during the rescue. agents with the f.b.i. s hostage rescue team from virginia were conducting a hostage rescue when a shooting occurred. one suspect was shot and killed and a second suspect was taken into custody by the harris county sheriff s department. this all comes as smuggling across the country continues day-by-day here. the video shared by texas dps shows five migrants hidden in the back of a truck in oklahoma. you can see people run out and smuggler is taken into custody.
thursday inside this houston motel. agents with the fbi s hostage rescue team from virginia were conducting a hostage rescue when a shooting occurred. one suspect was shot and killed. and a second suspect was taken into custody by the harris county sheriff s department. and speaking of rescues, this video shows a 1-year-old guatemalan boy left by a smuggler on the side of the colorado river there, just dropped on the river s edge. a cbp agent came to his rescue and took him away. they were posing together after they were able to bring the child to safety. back out here live in texas, another trend to keep an eye on, different than last time. eagle pass here in this area of texas, seeing a large number of chinese nationals crossing in pretty much daily into this area, and this sector, just in the last 24 hours, a group of about 30 or so.