Agents find 10 Chinese, 11 Mexicans in trailer

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March 23, 2006, 4:47PM

Agents find 10 Chinese, 11 Mexicans in trailer
Associated Press

FALFURRIAS — Ten Chinese and 11 Mexican immigrants were found unharmed in a locked tractor-trailer rig at the immigration checkpoint here, Customs and Border Protection said today.

A 30-year-old Pharr resident was arrested on federal alien smuggling charges.

The immigrants were discovered Wednesday after a Border Patrol dog alerted authorities to the trailer.

Also Thursday, CBP reported that a Mexican male from Houston called to report that a 33-year-old man suspected of guiding immigrants fell into an abandoned oil well near the checkpoint and died. Agents recovered the body and were interviewing 10 illegal immigrants found near the scene.