On April 11, 2025, Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers attempted to stop a Dodge Avenger for a traffic violation near Lowry Road and Mines Road in Laredo.

The driver, 21-year-old Robert Eleazar Espinoza, fled, leading officers on a pursuit that ended when the vehicle crashed into a traffic sign along the Interstate 35 frontage road. Espinoza and five passengers fled on foot but were apprehended with assistance from U.S. Border Patrol.