Authorities find woman in trunk of chase car

May 05, 2010 9:35 PM
Ana Ley
The Monitor

LA JOYA, TEXAS — Authorities found a woman hiding in the trunk of a car used during a police chase early Wednesday morning.

La Joya Police Lt. Julian Gutierrez said officers and U.S. Border Patrol agents attempted to pull over a white, two-door Dodge Avenger about 7:30 a.m. along the westbound lane of U.S. Highway 83 as part of a routine traffic stop. The driver of the vehicle — 19-year-old Justin Robles, of Weslaco — refused to stop and led authorities on a chase that ended near the bank of the Rio Grande.

“It was slippery, and he crashed into a mesquite tree,â€