LAREDO, Texas — As vehicles line up at the Border Patrol’s checkpoint a half-hour drive’s north of the U.S.-Mexico border, its agents have around 10 seconds to check each driver and decide which few they will stop for additional inspection.
It’s a situation challenged constantly by smugglers, sometimes with deadly consequences.
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