Thread: AR-Nine Immigrants Arrested In Traffic Stop

Nine Immigrants Arrested In Traffic Stop
Last updated Friday, April 24, 2009 7:37 PM CDT in News
By Caleb Fort

A traffic stop Thursday evening in Bella Vista ended with the arrest of nine illegal immigrants, including two teenage sisters, authorities said.

Three of the immigrants will face federal felony charges for re-entry into the United States, officials said Friday. All will eventually be deported, said Sgt. Brandon Rogers, head of the Benton County Sheriff's Office Crime Suppression Unit.

All nine were Mexican nationals, Rogers said.

Members of the suppression unit were patrolling U.S. 71 in search of gun, drug and human trafficking, Rogers said. One of them, Deputy 1st Class Corey Coggin, noticed a black Dodge Durango with Arizona license plates. Rogers said the driver began driving erratically when he saw Coggin, and the Durango crossed the center and sidelines.

Coggin pulled the Durango over near Trafalgar Road.

Inside the seven-passenger SUV were nine people, water bottles, open maps, no luggage and a smell like an outhouse, all signs of human smuggling, Rogers said.

"It's terrible the way these guys travel," Rogers said.

Crammed into a vehicle, they stop as little as possible to avoid attracting attention, using plastic jugs to urinate instead of bathrooms, Rogers said.

The maps showed routes to New York and the Northeast, but the driver, Eliodoro Adame-Ortega, said they were traveling from Phoenix to Fort Smith, according to a news release from the sheriff's office.

Adame-Ortega and two others will face federal charges for re-entry, Rogers said. Adame-Ortega will also face federal charges related to transporting the other eight, Rogers said.

Rogers said he did not have any further information about those arrested. They were released to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement in Fayetteville, he said.

Temple Black, a spokesman for ICE, said the two juveniles and their family members were released with an order to appear before an immigration judge.

ICE was still holding five of the immigrants, he said. ICE is not allowed to release any personal information, such as names or ages, even in the case of criminal charges, he said.

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ICE was still holding five of the immigrants, he said. ICE is not allowed to release any personal information, such as names or ages, even in the case of criminal charges, he said.

Why isn't this PUBLIC RECORD?

Why isn't all local prisons and jails inmate immigration status PUBLIC RECORD?

It is PUBLIC RECORD in some areas of our country.

Temple Black, a spokesman for ICE, said the two juveniles and their family members were released with an order to appear before an immigration judge.
Do you really think you will ever see them again????????????????????

Did they put ankle bracelets on them?

Sorry, but immigrant should not be mushed without qualifiers to a person that has crawled over the border without permission. Illegal aliens or illegal immigrants drives the point home immediately, something which should have been included in the headline.

Good catch, guys, and I was too busy ranting about a deceptive headline.
Why is ICE not allowed to release the names of these arrested? In Fla. I could always get access to arrest records, and we published them with name, POB, age, current residence, alleged crime and circumstances--didn't matter if they were citizens or not. One writer transcribing the reports wrote of a local American being arrested for stuffing a salami down his pants. When police came they searched his pants and it was 10-inches long. The editor didn't touch the phrasing because he was too busy laughing. Did the length refer to the salami or something else found in the pants?

Temple Black, a spokesman for ICE, said the two juveniles and their family members were released with an order to appear before an immigration judge.

What incentive do these folks have for showing up at immigration court? Let's assume they don't show up, what's the worst that can happen? Hmmm.........let's see, deportation now or possible deportation later. Heck, I think I'd choose POSSIBLE deportation later.

Why not send them to one of the illegal immigrant holding facilities designed to house families?