During a traffic stop in Val Verde County, a DPS Trooper observed multiple people crammed in the rear area of a Chevrolet Tahoe. As the Trooper arrested the driver, Amy Nicole Martinez from San Angelo, the passenger, Jaron Markeis Daniels from Dallas, ran toward the neighborhood and was arrested after a short foot chase.
Martinez is charged with five counts of smuggling of persons. Daniels is charged with five counts of smuggling of persons, evading arrest and resisting arrest. Four illegal immigrants were referred to US Border Patrol. A fifth illegal immigrant, Jesus Aguilar-Aguilar from Mexico, was charged with evading arrest, assault on a public servant and resisting arrest after a brief struggle with a Trooper.
