Thread: Ca-Two held on smuggling charges

July 10, 2008
Two held on smuggling charges
a semi-truck are facing smuggling charges after Border Patrol agents found 16 illegal immigrants inside a trailer attached to the truck Thursday, according to officials.

About 3 a.m., agents spotted three women and 13 men entering the trailer near the Tecate port of entry. Agents approached the truck, arrested the 41-year old driver of the truck and a 26-year-old Mexican who was in the back of the truck with the illegal immigrants for leading the group across the border, officials said.

The remaining 15 illegal immigrants are expected to be deported.


Posted by Jose Jimenez July 10, 2008 02:41 PM

http://weblog.signonsandiego.com/news/b ... arges.html

Sent this to Sen.Dorgan, have been e-mailing him all of these stories since he is the one who held the hearing with Mary Peters and nothing has been done to her......

If anyone else has time please do the same.....send him anything that has to do with simi's coming across the border accidents, drugs, human trafficing.

Agents Discover 16 Illegal Immigrants In Semi
Two Men In Custody On Smuggling Charges

POSTED: 4:15 pm PDT July 10, 2008

TECATE, Calif. -- Two men are facing smuggling charges after Border Patrol agents discovered 16 Mexican nationals inside a cargo trailer of a semi-truck early Thursday morning in Tecate.

According to a Border Patrol news release, agents spotted a group of suspected illegal immigrants at about 3 a.m. near the Tecate Port of Entry.

The group was observed as they walked to a nearby semi-trailer rig parked in a parking lot, the news release stated.

After watching as people boarded the trailer, and seeing the driver of the semi-truck lock the trailer doors with a heavy-duty padlock, agents moved in.

The agents found 13 men and 3 women inside the trailer. All were arrested, along with the 41-year-old male driver of the semi-truck, officials said.

A 26-year-old Mexican national, who was among the group inside the trailer, is also suspected of helping to smuggle the illegal immigrants across the border, according to the Border Patrol.

He and the driver are being charged with alien smuggling by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), agents said.

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