Migrant truck cleared Border Patrol checkpoint before 51 deaths, federal source says

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AUSTIN, Texas — A commercial truck that carried dozens of migrants from near the U.S.-Mexico border to San Antonio had successfully cleared a Border Patrol highway inspection checkpoint, a senior federal law enforcement official with firsthand knowledge of the investigation told the Washington Examiner on Tuesday.

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