AZ - 97 Illegal Immigrants Discovered In Tractor-Trailer, DPS Says
Posted on Friday, July 31 @ 00:49:19 EDT
Topic: immigration and customs enforcement
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 PHOENIX -- Arizona Department of Public Safety officers discovered nearly 100 suspected illegal immigrants hidden inside a refrigerated tractor-trailer Wednesday evening, authorities said.
DPS stopped the tractor-trailer on Interstate 19 after receiving a tip from the U.S. Border Patrol, according to a news release from DPS.
Topics = Illegal immigration, illegals inside tractor-trailer, U.S. Border Patrol, DPS, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, criminal investigation
July 30, 2009
KPHO
The DPS officer took the driver into custody on a misdemeanor, then discovered 97 suspected illegal immigrants -- including children ages 9 to 12 -- in the 34-degree trailer, DPS said.
The tractor-trailer was also carrying fruit, DPS said.
"These people were treated like cargo," said Matthew Allen, special agent in charge of the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement Office of Investigations in Arizona. "They were crammed inside this truck and subjected to near-freezing temperatures."
The immigrants, who were from Mexico and Guatemala, were taken to the Nogales Border Patrol station to be interviewed by ICE and Border Patrol agents, DPS said. The immigrants will be deported.
ICE has also opened a criminal investigation into the matter, DPS said.
Allen said nobody in the tractor-trailer was injured.
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