DPS release helicopter footage of a high speed chase where the smuggler crashes into a tree
By: On May 10, another human smuggler using a stolen truck was arrested in Val Verde County after causing serious property damage in his attempt to evade capture.
The alleged smuggler, Carlos Lombardich-Villalobos from Lockhart, Texas, drove through multiple intersections and eventually drove through a ranch fence, crashed into a tree, and he and multiple illegal foreign nationals bailed out of the vehicle and fled on foot, authorities said.
Texas DPS aircraft assisted troopers on the ground to locate Villalobos. Officials have explained their goal is to catch the smuggler. In this case, they did, and charged him with smuggling of persons, criminal mischief, criminal trespass, deadly conduct, evading arrest, and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.
They also learned that the Dodge Ram he crashed was stolen out of Bastrop, Texas.
The troopers also apprehended six illegal foreign nationals and referred them to Border Patrol.