An alleged child smuggling attempt was foiled.

U. S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Area Port of San Luis stopped a woman at the border crossing. The incident occurred on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, at about 3:00 a.m. A 23-year-old woman, a Mexican citizen and Legal Permanent Resident, approached the border in a car with a small child asleep on the rear seat. The woman presented a U. S. birth certificate for the child and said she was the mother of the child. CBP officers noticed that the child was in an abnormally deep sleep and did not appear to be the age as indicated on the birth certificate. Officers determined that there was no family relationship between the woman and the child. The birth certificate was real but did not belong to the child. The youngster was identified as a 5-year-old boy, a Mexican citizen, and did not possess valid entry documents. The woman said that the boy had been given sleep sedatives prior to the attempted crossing. Officers turned the woman over to U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations.