BEXAR COUNTY, Texas—Four individuals have been arrested and charged with smuggling of persons and engaging in organized criminal activity following an investigation into a human smuggling operation at a local truck stop.

On Friday, September 12, deputies with the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office observed what appeared to be the transfer of individuals from a semi-truck into two separate vehicles at the Love’s Truck Stop on S IH-35 Frontage Road.

Deputies conducted traffic stops on the vehicles and recovered four undocumented migrants from Mexico and Guatemala. The driver of the semi-truck was also taken into custody.

The four arrested individuals, identified as Chelsea Taylor Ann Bravo, 29; Julian Mike Garza, 23; Steven Eduardo Martinez Escamilla, 36; and Ormond Andrea Tolbert, 64, were charged with multiple counts of Smuggling of Persons and Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity. Garza also faces a charge for Violation of Protective Order, and Escamilla has an Immigration Hold for Illegal Re-entry.

One of the migrants was transported to a local hospital for treatment of a leg injury. All suspects were booked into the Bexar County Adult Detention Center.