Smuggler leads DPS on a high speed chase after dropping off two illegal immigrants
By: DPS Aircraft Operations Division Pilots working Operation Lone Star observed a Dodge Charger drop off two subjects at a truck stop in Donna. Pilots maintained a visual of the subjects, who attempted to conceal themselves within parked commercial trucks at the truck stop.
The Dodge Charger then evaded at a high rate of speed after being located by a DPS Trooper. After conducting two Precision Immobilization Technique (PIT) maneuvers, the driver, Juan Xavier Rodriguez of Mission, stopped and evaded on foot.
DPS Troopers and Florida Highway Patrol Troopers arrested Rodriguez for smuggling of persons and evading arrest. Rodriguez, a Valluco gang member, also had an active federal probation warrant for smuggling of aliens.
The two illegal immigrants who were dropped off at the truck stop were referred to Border Patrol.