La Joya police chase truck loaded with 19 immigrants

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Wednesday, July 09, 2008 at 8:27 a.m.


A truck loaded with illegal immigrants lead La Joya police on a chase through wet streets early Tuesday morning.

A police officer spotted a suspicious truck inside a medical plaza where smugglers were allegedly loading up a large group of undocumented immigrants.

The driver tried to out run police on the expressway and then headed south into the Tierra Blanca subdivision.

The group bailed out of the truck.

Dashcam video revealed 19 people jumping out of the truck.

Border Patrol agents found three women from the group two hours later.

The women were hiding in the woods and begging not to be deported.

The alleged immigrant smuggler got away.

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