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Illegal immigrants jump from moving SUV after traffic stop
Illegal immigrants jump from moving SUV after traffic stop
By Jonathon Shacat
Herald/Review
Published on Thursday, February 14, 2008
BISBEE — Border Patrol agents assigned to the Wilcox Station prevented a potentially fatal car accident involving six illegal immigrants along Interstate 10 near Benson on Tuesday morning.
Agents stopped a Chevrolet Suburban at about 7 a.m., according to a press release from Border Patrol. When an agent left his vehicle to approach the SUV, the driver accelerated and re-entered traffic and then he and a front-seat passenger jumped out of the moving vehicle and fled on foot.
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Being on foot, the agent was unable to catch the Chevrolet, so he returned to his service vehicle and used it to keep the SUV from colliding with other vehicles traveling on the road. He turned on his emergency lights and siren to warn other motorists. He also redirected the SUV to the shoulder.
Agents removed five men and one woman from the SUV. They were taken into custody by Border Patrol and were processed at the Wilcox Station. The group voluntarily returned to Mexico.
Jesus Rodriguez, public information officer for the Tucson sector of the Border Patrol, said officials tried to catch the driver, who is suspected of being a smuggler, and the front-seat passenger, but they got away.
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