Thread: 97 illegal immigrants found in chilled trailer

Originally Posted by JohnDoe2

Originally Posted by Ratbstard

My first thought was 'They stopped this truck but how many weren't stopped?' And they want to allow Mexican trucks and truck drivers access to our entire nation!

The driver was an American citizen and the people were loaded into the trailer in the U.S. so it was most likely an American truck.

(All of this info is from the articles above.)
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A California truck driver is charged with transporting undocumented immigrants inside a refrigerated tractor trailer in southern Arizona.

Arizona Department of Public Safety officers say they found 97 people inside the truck. Luis Antonio Mendoza, 26, of Fresno Calif., faces federal charges related to the alleged smuggling.

The U.S. Attorney’s office also said the illegal immigrants paid between $1,000 and $3,000 to be smuggled into the US near Nogales and that Mendoza was paid $300 per person to transport them in the very cold truck.

http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stor ... ily92.html?
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While Kelly declined to discuss many of the details of the case because of the ongoing investigation, he did say the group was loaded into the trailer in the United States and may have been in the refrigerated trailer for about 40 minutes.

http://www.azstarnet.com/news/303073

Yeah so?

It's now on AOL home page.

http://news.aol.com/article/96-immigran ... d%2F596701

Originally Posted by Ratbstard

It's now on AOL home page.

http://news.aol.com/article/96-immigran ... d%2F596701

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WOW OVER 1000 COMMENTS!!! HERE IS ONE IGNORANT EXAMPLE


Scony69

06:23 PMJul 31 2009

YOU WHITE FOLKS ACT LIKE YOU BUILD ALL OF THE UNITED STATES SINGLE HANDEDLY, YOU STOLE EVERY IDEAL YOU LEARNED. YOU NEVER GIVEN OTHER RACE CREDIT, NOT EVEN THE CHINESE THAT CAME HERE.

Good job, Arizona law-enforcement. They stopped 'em cold.

To add insult to injury, the 97 illegals are now going to get processed by ICE. What a chilling thought.

Originally Posted by Ratbstard

Originally Posted by JohnDoe2

This story is on the USA TODAY Online site.

You can post a comment there at this link:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/200 ... ants_N.htm

Just posted this there:

My first thought was 'They stopped this truck but how many weren't stopped?'

Same thing I was thinking, I am sure lots got through that were not stopped!

The refrigeration unit at the front of the trailer showed the temperature inside: 34 degrees.
The pallets of mangoes left little room for people to move around. Everyone inside the trailer was responsive, and no one needed any medical attention, Serino said.

Ive bought and eaten my last mango.................

Why isnt the fda involved in this?

California man driving truck carrying illegal immigrants indicted on smuggling charges

Associated Press

Last update: August 27, 2009 - 4:58 PM

TUCSON, Ariz. - A man arrested in Arizona while driving a refrigerated truck carrying nearly 100 illegal immigrants has been indicted on federal smuggling charges.

Court documents show 26-year-old Luis Antonio Mendoza was indicted Wednesday on five counts of transporting illegal immigrants for profit and one conspiracy count.

The Fresno, Calif., man was arrested July 29 after an Arizona Department of Public Safety officer pulled over the truck for an equipment violation about 10 miles north of the Mexican border.

The officer discovered 97 immigrants from Mexico and Guatemala in the trailer along with 17 pallets of mangoes. The temperature inside was 34 degrees.

Authorities say the immigrants hadn't been in the trailer very long and no one was injured.

Mendoza is set to be arraigned Sept. 10. It wasn't immediately known if he had an attorney.

http://www.startribune.com/nation/55459847.html