HOUSTON – A Honduran national was charged Friday in connection with the discovery of nearly 30 victims of human smuggling in a southwest Houston home.
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Prosecutors said the home where the victims were being kept had boarded-up windows and deadbolt locks on the interior doors.
Dominguez-Maldonado, who is charged with harboring illegal aliens, is accused of watching over the victims and performing other actions in the furtherance of a human smuggling operation.
Police said the victims were evaluated at a nearby school gymnasium before being transported to an immigration facility.