Ex-Arizona governor detained at border checkpoint

Posted: Jul 05, 2012 1:39 PM PDT Updated: Jul 05, 2012 1:41 PM PDT

PHOENIX (AP) - Former Gov. Raul Castro was recently detained at a Border Patrol checkpoint in southern Arizona in 100-degree heat after the vehicle he was traveling in triggered a radiation sensor.

The detention was made around midday on June 12 at a checkpoint on Interstate 19 north of Tubac as Castro was traveling from his home in Nogales to celebrate his 96th birthday in Tucson.

Castro says he told agents that he had undergone hospital testing on his pacemaker the previous day, likely triggering the sensor.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials confirmed in an e-mail that they stopped Castro for "a possible trace of radiation" and say its policy requires agents to identify and resolve all sources of radiation regardless of the circumstances.

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