Trucker Spotted Couple Hiding on Top of Truck

Posted: May 18, 2012 3:44 PM
Updated: May 18, 2012 6:02 PM

MCALLEN - A trucker parked at a gas station found a couple hiding on top of his semi-truck. It happened in McAllen at a Shell station on Business 83 and Jackson Road.

They were hiding in an open space right above the cab. We learned they crawled up there while the truck was parked. When the trucker spotted them, he called police.

McAllen police brought the couple down and turned them over to Border Patrol agents.

CHANNEL 5 NEWS spoke to the couple. The husband says it took them 23 days and cost $1,500 to get this far. The Honduran couple crossed from Reynosa into the Rio Grande Valley today. They were trying to get to Houston.

"We didn't have money. That's why we climbed on the truck to get to Houston," said Christian Vasquez.

He told us he's been caught and deported twice before.

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