Man Killed White Trying To Protect Daughter From Smugglers Near Border: Report

A man was reportedly killed in Juarez, Mexico, while trying to protect his daughter from smugglers, according to a new report.

The incident took place on Saturday, according to Border Report, in a stash house in Chihuahua. There, eight migrants from different nationalities were being kept against their will.

Local police said they found the body of a man with gunshot wounds and located the seven other migrants who apparently escaped after the man sought to fight the smugglers who had been keeping them there for up to four days.

Among those who survived were two men from India, a teenager from Bangladesh and four Mexicans, including the man's wife and daughter. They hailed from Puebla.

Authorities routinely find stash houses on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. Earlier this month, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested over a dozen migrants following a raid in a stash house in Mercedes, Texas.

The operation took place following an anonymous tip. After officials went to the property, its owner said there were 16 people inside the home. All were taken into custody, while a separate person was questioned for his potential role in human smuggling.

In late May, officers in Chihuahua freed dozens of migrants from a stash house after a woman managed to sneak a cell phone and alert authorities.

Concretely, 28 people were released from the house, located in Porvenir, just across Fort Hancock, Texas. All but two of them are Guatemalans, according to Border Report.

They were taken to a police station in Juarez and then to the Mexican Red Cross to get food and medical screening before being handed over to Mexico's National Migration Institute.

The outlet noted that the area in which the migrants were found is dominated by smugglers linked to the Sinaloa Cartel and the La Linea transnational criminal organization.