A La Villa woman remains behind bars after she allegedly tried to smuggle two boys aboard a Greyhound bus.
U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested 37-year-old Oralia Garcia on child smuggling charges on Wednesday.
Court records show she and the two boys were aboard a Greyhound bus at the Sarita checkpoint.
Garcia allegedly claimed the boys were her son and nephew but Border Patrol agents learned the two were illegal immigrants from Mexico.
The two boys allegedly told investigators they were smuggled into the United States and spent three days at a San Benito stash house before being taken to the bus station.
Investigators allege that Garcia was supposed to get paid to take the boys from Elsa to Refugio, just north of Corpus Christi.
Garcia appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Felix recio in Brownsville on Thursday morning.
Court records show that she's an American citizen.
Judge Recio denied bond for Garcia until a Monday afternoon hearing.
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