Video shows people being smuggled into U.S. across Texas river

Brownsville, March 15 (RHC)-- A video has been released showing people waiting for rafts with human smugglers to cross the border from Mexico across the Rio Grande into Texas.  The video appeared on a TikTok account trying to raise awareness about the situation at the southern border of the United States.

The video clip was recorded by former Border Security Operations Center manager Jaeson Jones.  "What you are about to see are migrants who have just paid the Peso or the tax to the Cartels and an independent smuggling group working directly for a Cartel," said Jones in his commentary on the video.

Smugglers were seen wearing ski masks to hide their identities as the boats came into view.  "You’re literally seeing a handoff from a criminal organization, that is responsible for thousands of murders in Mexico, handing these people off to a U.S. law enforcement officer," Jones claimed.

More than 3,250 migrant children have reportedly been detained along the U.S. southern border in the last two weeks.