Thread: Police Discover Over 30 Migrants Hiding In A Boat During Routine Traffic Stop

Police Discover Over 30 Migrants Hiding In A Boat During Routine Traffic Stop

KAYLEE GREENLEE IMMIGRATION AND EXTREMISM REPORTER
October 12, 2021

A Monroe County Sheriff’s officer found 32 migrants suspected of traveling to the U.S. from Cuba hiding in a boat after pulling a truck over for driving too slow in Marathon, Florida, law enforcement officials announced on Monday.

Sgt. Joel Slough conducted a routine traffic stop of a rental truck hauling a large boat and found four suspected migrants in the vehicle including three young children, according to the sheriff’s department. Law enforcement officials discovered two pregnant women and a 17-year-old along with dozens of other migrants hiding in the boat.

Slough “noted the children in the truck, the lack of child safety seats as well as the overwhelming smell of saltwater and body odor,” according to the department.



Chief Patrol Agent Thomas G. Martin
@USBPChiefMIP

32 migrants from #Cuba encountered during a traffic stop by @mcsonews earlier today. @CBPFlorida partners responded & #BorderPatrol agents took custody of the migrants. This smuggling event is currently under investigation. #BreakingNews#Florida



Florida Keys Sheriff
@mcsonews

More than 30 migrants found in boat following traffic stop: http://floridakeyssheriff.blogspot.com






4:03 PM · Oct 11, 2021

Reidel Garcia-Espino, 29, of Seffner, Florida, was charged with child neglect because none of the children in the vehicle were restrained, according to the sheriff’s department. Garcia-Espino claimed the group was out fishing, but law enforcement officials didn’t find any fishing equipment on the boat.

The migrants were transferred to Customs and Border Protection custody and Garcia-Espino was taken to jail, according to the sheriff’s office.
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.

https://dailycaller.com/2021/10/12/p...-traffic-stop/

Expel them all no matter where they came from!

Stop picking and choosing ... they ALL go back!