Texas woman tries to flee to Mexico across Rio Grande with infant after human smuggling bust, authorities say

A Texas pistillate recovered with 5 amerciable immigrants successful her conveyance attempted to fly from authorities adjacent the borderline by swimming crossed the Rio Grande into Mexico with an infant, officials said. 

Brenda Castro, a U.S. citizen, was a rider successful a Ford Explorer being driven by her husband, besides an American citizen, connected Dec. 19 successful the borderline metropolis of Laredo erstwhile helium refused to halt for Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers, the bureau said. 

Dashcam footage released by DPS shows the SUV traveling astatine a precocious velocity on residential and agrarian roads. 

Authorities said a high-speed pursuit ensued erstwhile Castro bailed retired of the conveyance with an babe and tried to aquatics crossed the river, which borders Mexico. 

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Brenda Castro jumped into the Rio Grande with an babe successful an effort to fly to Mexico during a high-speed pursuit with authorities portion smuggling amerciable immigrants, the Texas Department of Public Safety said.  (Getty Images; Texas Department of Public Safety)

Castro's hubby swam crossed and made it to Mexico, a DPS spokesperson told Fox News Digital. 

State and section instrumentality authorities astatine the country directed Castro to travel backmost to the U.S. broadside of the border, and she was arrested. 

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Bodycam footage shows Brenda Castro amnd an babe successful the Rio Grande connected the U.S.-Mexico border.  (Texas Department of Public Safety)

While successful the river, authorities were heard telling Castro successful Spanish to get backmost to adust onshore with the child. A instrumentality enforcement serviceman was past seen taking the kid retired of the water.

"I can't judge you tried to tally backmost with the baby. You some could person drowned," a instrumentality enforcement serviceman told Castro portion escorting her into a conveyance upon her arrest.

The kid was placed nether the attraction of authorities. 

Authorities said they recovered 5 amerciable immigrants successful Castro's conveyance and turned them implicit to the U.S. Border Patrol. 

The Rio Grande is seen from Laredo, Texas, U.S., September 19, 2020. Picture taken September 19, 2020. (REUTERS/Veronica G. Cardenas)

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Castro is charged with quality smuggling and endangering a child.