Feds mum about compound raid in southwest Houston

My Fox Houston – by Randy Wallace

It was around 7:30 am Tuesday morning when federal agents and Houston cops raided this compound in the 12 thousand block of Zavalla near West Orem.

“I see alot of Houston police, F.B.I. S.W.A.T., said this neighbor who asked that we not show her face.

She says a new owner bought the property a couple of months ago and she says there’s alot of night time visitors.  

“In the night yes, ” the neighbor said, “alot of cars, trucks.”

Agents with Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs, the F.B.I. Border Patrol and Houston police swarmed the compound as part of an on-going investigation.

At one point a nearby elementary school was placed on lockdown while authorities rounded up 7 people.

6 men and one woman were arrested.

Why they were arrested, what charges they face and what prompted all this activity remains a mystery at this point.

An immigration spokesman would only say no details can be released because all the documents in this case are currently sealed.

Houston weather, traffic, news | FOX 26 | MyFoxHouston

Read more: http://www.myfoxhouston.com/story/24016017/2013/11/19/feds-mum-about-compound-raid-in-southwest-houston#ixzz2lCGl1poI

2 thoughts on “Feds mum about compound raid in southwest Houston

  1. First IT IS NOT A COMPOUND IT IS A HOME.and from some of the info could have been alien smugglers,I am on the phone with KHOU TV I used to work at channel 2 news in Houston and have the information. I read the story when it broke and it was about alien smugglers to verify I am on the phone with the tv station.

    I just talked to John at KHOU — > and he says the house was used to smuggle aliens in from mexico. It was a ICE BUST

    MARKWW

Join the Conversation

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *


*