Thread: CA Border agents find 73 illegal immigrants in truck

Border agents find 73 illegal immigrants in truck
By Debbi Baker, Union-Tribune Staff Writer
11:46 a.m. June 8, 2009


This photo provided by the U.S. Border Patrol shows people lined up along the inside of the semi-tractor trailer pulled over in Campo on Saturday, June 6, 2009. (U.S. Border Patrol)

SAN DIEGO — A Mexican man is in federal custody Monday after Border Patrol agents found 73 illegal immigrants inside the semi-truck he was driving.

The man stopped at the Interstate 8 checkpoint in Pine Valley Saturday about 5:45 p.m. and agents decided to inspect his truck after observing the that driver seemed nervous, Border Patrol officials said.

Agents found a plastic container inside the cab which the driver said was methamphetamine. They then opened the doors of the trailer and discovered 50 men and 23 women inside, officials said.

The 50-year-old truck driver was arrested and is in federal custody on suspicion of alien smuggling.

This is the third similar arrest in the last three months. On March 6 agents found 25 people from Mexico inside the cargo area of a tractor-trailer and on April 29, 11 people were found being smuggled inside a modified compartment of a truck.

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just what the politicians in DC want...

Mexican trucks pouring across the border with loads of new voters just like this

charge em all and throw em in jail for at least a year,
then deport their A$$es

The Mexican trucking program at its best....Who could have ever seen this one coming Mary Peters!?

This has to make the governor happy; More ILLEGALS for him to give tax money!

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C.B.P. News Release

Border Patrol Nabs Smuggler, 73 Mexican Migrants

(Monday, June 08, 2009)

Campo, Calif. - A 50-year-old Mexican man is being held in federal custody for allegedly smuggling 73 Mexican nationals through the use of a tractor-trailer Saturday night in Campo, Calif.

At about 5:45 p.m., Border Patrol agents discovered 73 Mexican nationals who were being smuggled inside a tractor-trailer at the Border Patrol checkpoint in Pine Valley. Agents

encountered the semi as it arrived at the checkpoint for inspection. The truck was directed to secondary inspection after agents observed that the vehicle’s driver appeared nervous.

A detector dog team was summoned and alerted on the trailer, leading agents to conduct a further search of the vehicle. Inside the cab, a plastic container holding a small amount of a white powdery substance was discovered, which the driver claimed to be methamphetamine. Agents continued their search and opened the doors of the trailer and found 53 men and 20 women inside. The driver of the semi, a 50-year-old Mexican national, was arrested and is currently in federal custody awaiting prosecution for alien smuggling.

This arrest is similar to recent incidents at the U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint in Pine Valley. Border Patrol agents arrested 25 Mexican nationals being smuggled inside the cargo area of a semi tractor-trailer on March 6 and on April 29 agents arrested 11 Mexican nationals being smuggled inside a modified compartment of a semi tractor-trailer.

Since October 1, 2008, the men and women of San Diego sector have made more than 75,500 apprehensions of people illegally in the country.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.

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Lost count how many times I've heard this announced in the news here today.

More proof of how secure our borders are, eh Schumer?

Originally Posted by 93camaro

The Mexican trucking program at its best....Who could have ever seen this one coming Mary Peters!?

I wonder if any of these Mexican truck drivers caught smuggling were 'pre-authorized'???

Originally Posted by jean

Lost count how many times I've heard this announced in the news here today.

More proof of how secure our borders are, eh Schumer?

I live on the border and can tell you nothing has changed even with all the new fence put up, they still find ways to get around, over, under or through it.
The Border Patrol where I live are just as busy as ever!

CAMPO, Calif. — The U.S. Border Patrol says a truck driver was arrested at a checkpoint in California after 73 illegal immigrants from Mexico were found in the back of his rig.

The 50-year-old driver from Mexico was arrested Sunday and is in federal custody awaiting prosecution for alien smuggling. The truck was searched after agents observed that the driver appeared nervous.

Border Patrol Agent Jerry Conlin said most of the 53 men and 20 women found in the trailer were being returned to Mexico. Three are staying to testify against the driver.

Conlin said one immigrant from Guatemala had a criminal record in the U.S. and had been deported previously. He would be charged with illegal re-entry of a criminal alien.

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