Thread: Illegal immigrants found hiding in sand

Illegal immigrants found hiding in sand

By Susan Shroder
Thursday, November 18, 2010 at 8:11 p.m.

Two illegal immigrants were found Wednesday hiding in sand in trailers that were being pulled by a truck at the Port of Entry, federal authorities said.

About 11:25 a.m., a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer inspected a truck that was pulling two dump trailers. The driver was ordered to pull over for further inspection and later was told to unload the sand.

CBP officers found a 21-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman. The woman was coughing up sand and paramedics were called. Neither person required hospital treatment.

The man and woman, who are Mexican citizens, were arrested. The 48-year-old male driver, a Mexican citizen who lives in Tijuana, was being investigated, authorities said.

susan.shroder@uniontrib.com • (619) 293-1876

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010 ... g-in-sand/

Gives a new meaning to go pound sand.

There and Washington DC are where you usually find slimy weasels.

Originally Posted by Watson

Gives a new meaning to go pound sand.

CBP officers found a 21-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman. The woman was coughing up sand and paramedics were called. Neither person required hospital treatment.

Now that's something I would have loved to have witnessed!! LMAO

I'm singing: Hello IA in the sand. CSN&Y Fourway Street.

Now I can't get it out of my head.

Unless there is a shortage of sand in the USA that I hadn't heard of yet I would think that importing sand from Mexico would be enough to make CBP agents suspicious.

Originally Posted by artclam

Unless there is a shortage of sand in the USA that I hadn't heard of yet I would think that importing sand from Mexico would be enough to make CBP agents suspicious.

Actually SAND is listed as an Import from Mexico.
(I left the rest of the stuff out.)

U.S. Imports from Mexico by 5-digit End-Use Code
2005-2009
(In thousands of dollars)
. . .

End-Use Code - Value 2005 - Value 2006 - Value 2007 -Value 2008 - Value 2009

(13020) Stone, sand, cement, and lime 412,062 - 500,486 - 504,718 - 425,020 - 296,676
. . .

http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/sta ... c2010.html