Thread: AZ: 26 immigrants say they were kidnapped, left in desert

26 immigrants say they were kidnapped, left in desert
by Astrid Galvan - Dec. 16, 2008 11:05 AM
The Arizona Republic

Authorities on Monday found a group of 26 immigrants who said they were kidnapped and left in the desert for eight days without food or water, according to the Pinal County Sheriff's Office.

The group included four young women and four children.

Sheriff's deputies responded to a call of a suspicious vehicle near 11-Mile Corner Road and the Santa Cruz River, south of Eloy, on Monday morning.

Both PCSO and the Border Patrol found eight people who told them there were more people further down by the river.

Authorities located an additional 18 immigrants.

They said they had been kidnapped on their way to Phoenix from Chiapas, Mexico, by armed subjects who told them to stay by the river.

The immigrants were turned over to the Border Patrol, according to PCSO.

www.azcentral.com

Officers discover kidnapped illegals




Staff Reports December 17, 2008

ELOY - A large group of kidnapped illegal immigrants were rescued south of here by Pinal County Sheriff's Office deputies and Border Patrol agents.
Deputies responded to a call early Monday about a suspicious vehicle near Eleven Mile Corner and the Santa Cruz River south of Eloy.


When deputies and agents arrived, they found a vehicle near the river and started tracking by foot for two miles along the running river.

The officers found eight illegal immigrants, who told them about additional people further down the river. Another 18 immigrants, who claimed that they had been kidnapped on their way to Phoenix, were found. The armed kidnappers had taken the 26 immigrants to the spot by the river and told them to stay there.

When officers found the illegals, they had been by the river for eight days and were out of food and water. There were four young women and four children in the group. The immigrants, from Chiapas, Mexico, were turned over to the Border Patrol.



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More and more Americans are becoming "kidnapees" because of the increasing drug cartel violence spilling into this country while congress and Obama sit on their asses....ummm brains, allowing and encouraging this to continue for cheap labor and illegal votes.

Another 18 immigrants, who claimed that they had been kidnapped on their way to Phoenix, were found. The armed kidnappers had taken the 26 immigrants to the spot by the river and told them to stay there.

I find it hard to believe that ARMED "kidnappers" would tell them to stay by the river and then take off. I'm betting these illegals were well coached to say they were victims of a crime, thinking it an easy way in to the US and green cards.