Nearby school went into lockdown

MISSION - A homeowner found a group of illegals in his kitchen.

"One of them ran over and tried to hide in my sister's room," says the man, who didn't want to be identified.

Border Patrol agents had followed a suspicious van into the Mission neighborhood. Seventeen illegals inside the van scattered into the neighborhood.

A nearby elementary school went into lockdown as a precaution.

Some of the illegals ran into neighborhood homes.

A man, we'll call "Emilio," says his dog noticed them first and started barking. That's when Emilio got out his bedroom and found the people.

"They were trying to hide and the helicopter was flying on top," he recalls. "They said, 'Hide me. Hide me.' I said, 'I can't hide you.'"

"Emilio" tells us he was alone and more than just a little nervous.

"I got scared of the guy with a lot of tattoos," he says.

He tells us they were inside his house for about 15 minutes, before running outside and hiding in a tree in his backyard.

"I had a rough time getting them out. I finally did. I locked my door and they ran all over the place and Border Patrol went running," he says.

Emilio tells us he and his neighbors later helped agents get two illegals out of the tree.

He says the group talked funny and used a different Spanish.

A Border Patrol spokesperson tells NEWSCHANNEL 5 five of the illegals were from Honduras and one was from Guatemala. The other 11 illegals were from Mexico.

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