U.S. Border Patrol Human Smuggling Arrest Leads to Reuniting of Toddler with Family Release Date: January 22, 2021 EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents stopped a human smuggling attempt on January 20, 2021. The subsequent investigation connected a couple in that case to a one-year-old child who was smuggled through the El Paso Port of Entry earlier in the week. U.S. Border Patrol agents from the El Paso station identified a human smuggling scheme near the El Paso International Airport January 20. They encountered four people from Ecuador with fraudulent documents attempting to board flights departing El Paso. During the interview process, agents learned that days prior, two of the four individuals had secured a smuggler to cross their one-year-old daughter separately through the El Paso port of entry but were unaware of the whereabouts of their child. Border Patrol agents immediately began coordination efforts by reaching out to other agencies and ultimately located the child.