A smuggling run through Maverick County ended in a roadside spinout today, when a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper forced an SUV to a stop and arrested its driver, whom authorities describe as a suspected Tango Blast gang member. Video released by the agency shows the trooper using a tactical maneuver to bring the vehicle to a halt, and officials say no one was hurt. The driver is now in custody, while the eight people found in the SUV were handed over to federal Border Patrol agents for immigration processing.
Watch a @TxDPS Trooper safely end a smuggling pursuit in Maverick County, leading to the arrest of a Tango Blast gang member and the apprehension of eight illegal immigrants—five from Mexico and three from China. https://x.com/i/status/2081353206643278130
The clip was posted to X by TxDPS - South Texas Region, which tagged the footage with the slogan “The Mission Continues” and said the pursuit was brought to a safe end. The post includes brief roadside arrest footage along with a short agency summary of how the stop unfolded.
Local reporting identifies the driver as Saede Rebollar, a Houston resident whom authorities say is a suspected Tango Blast member. Univision San Antonio reports that Rebollar faces state charges that include smuggling of persons, smuggling with the probability of causing serious bodily injury, and evading arrest. After the stop, officials located eight people inside the SUV, according to that reporting, describing them as five Mexican nationals and three people from China, all of whom were turned over to U.S. Border Patrol.
How the chase ended
In the footage, the trooper executes a precision immobilization technique, or PIT maneuver, that spins the black SUV and brings it to a controlled stop on U.S. 277. The agency says the tactic was carried out without injuries. TxDPS - South Texas Region said troopers arrested the driver at the scene and processed the eight passengers under federal immigration procedures. The short clip offers a snapshot of the kind of interdiction tactics DPS is using along the Del Rio–Eagle Pass corridor this summer.
Border enforcement in Maverick County
Maverick County has become a regular backdrop for Texas border enforcement operations, with the Department of Public Safety highlighting the area in multiple South Texas press releases that describe stash‑house searches, smuggling arrests and similar encounters. The Texas Department of Public Safety has published related videos from the region this year, and local outlets have documented several traffic stops in recent weeks, including a July stop where troopers discovered a 6‑year‑old hidden in a suspected smuggling vehicle. Coverage of that July case came from a 6-year-old hidden in a suspected smuggling car.
Legal implications
State prosecutors typically bring smuggling cases under Texas Penal Code Section 20.05, and in some situations pursue continuous smuggling charges under Section 20.06, offenses that can carry prison terms ranging from several years to decades. The elements of these crimes and possible sentence enhancements, including provisions for conduct that creates a substantial likelihood of serious bodily injury, are detailed in the Texas statutes. If prosecutors file the counts described by local outlets, the driver could be looking at state felony charges while the eight passengers remain in federal immigration custody as Border Patrol completes processing, Univision San Antonio reports.
According to DPS, the video post was the first public account of the stop, and local and federal agencies could release additional records as the case works its way through county court and immigration proceedings. For now, the footage offers a publicly accessible glimpse of another trooper interdiction on the Texas–Mexico border that state officials characterize as part of sustained enforcement activity this summer.
