3 die in crash after human smuggler runs from Border Patrol in Brownsville

The Texas Department of Public Safety said late Saturday night that three people died in a crash caused by a San Benito man who was fleeing Border Patrol during a human smuggling attempt. The four-vehicle crash happened on State Highway 4 and N. Indiana Avenue, DPS said in a release. “A preliminary investigation revealed that the United States Border Patrol (USBP) attempted to stop a red BMW 328i for human smuggling,” the release stated. The BMW’s driver, 34-year-old San Benito resident Juan Munoz, was allegedly smuggling two Mexican nationals, a Honduran man and two Costa Ricans when Border Patrol tried to stop him as he was traveling westbound on State Highway 4 near FM 1419, the release said. DPS said Munoz ran a red light at the intersection of State Highway 4 and N. Indiana Avenue when he crashed into a green Hyundai Santa Fe that was driven by a woman who had a boy as a passenger. The Hyundai rolled multiple times before stopping in the westbound lanes of State Highway 4, DPS sai