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At least nine people -- including six students -- were killed in a fiery crash between a pickup truck and a van carrying members of the University of the Southwest's men's and women's golf teams, Texas DPS officials said. CNN's Rosa Flores reports.

"I am in contact with DPS everyday," Pete Arredondo told CNN Wednesday.

CNN's Shimon Prokupecz confronts Pedro "Pete" Arredondo, the embattled Uvalde school district police chief who led the response to the Robb Elementary School shooting, on the Texas DPS director's allegations that Arredondo has been uncooperative in...

Three minutes after the shooting started, nine officers who were ready to go into the classroom and could have stopped the gunman.

The mayor of Uvalde, Texas says the head of the state's department of public safety is lying or leaking information after devastating testimony from the head of the Texas DPS earlier Tuesday.

More than 370 law enforcement officers responded to the shooting at Robb Elementary School, including 91 DPS officers, but it took over 70 minutes for police to breach the classroom and take out the gunman.

"The driver stated he was getting paid $3k per person he smuggled to San Antonio," tweeted Texas DPS Spokesman Lt. Chris Olivarez.

According to DPS, Guzman and four illegal immigrants fled from the vehicle and into the brush. The Texas trooper chased the driver on foot and eventually apprehended him.

The Post participated in a ride-along with DPS — a state law enforcement agency that includes highway patrol and the storied Texas Rangers — and witnessed the aftermath of a "stash house" raid.

Six illegal immigrants, including an infant, were found by authorities following the crash, the Texas DPS said.

Inside of the truck, 58 migrants — 49 men and 9 women — were crammed inside. They were from Mexico, El Salvador, and Guatemala, DPS said.

The agency said a DPS trooper attempted to pull over a gray Toyota for a traffic violation Friday at around 9 a.m. on U.S. 90 in Kinney County, Texas.

Texas DPS said Lidia Elizabeth Badillo, 38, was pulled over at 8 p.m. on April 12 while driving a gold Chevrolet Malibu on FM-1017 in Jim Hogg County.

Bodies were pulled from the river at the US-Mexico border on July 1, July 2 and July 3, Texas DPS Lt. Chris Olivarez said.

The Texas Department of Public Safety said an illegal immigrant was found dead on Saturday after attempting to cross the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass.