Aug 8, 3:27 PM EDT

Officials: Driver in deadly rollover believed ID'd

By ARTHUR H. ROTSTEIN
Associated Press Writer
San Diego Union Tribune

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- Federal and Arizona authorities say they may have identified the suspected driver among 10 survivors of a rural highway crash that killed nine others packed into a sport utility vehicle
All 19 in the SUV are believed to be illegal immigrants.

Guatemalan Consul General Oscar Padilla in Phoenix says at least five of the survivors are from El Salvador and three from Mexico, and at least one of those who died was from Guatemala.

Padilla and his counterparts from El Salvador and Mexico are helping Pima County Medical Examiner Dr. Bruce Parks as he works to identify the victims of Thursday's crash on State Route 79 about 15 miles south of Florence.

Authorities say they're continuing to investigate what they believe was a human smuggling operation.


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