Thread: Stolen wedding gowns found at U.S.-Mexico border

Well, this is different...

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Stolen wedding gowns found at U.S.-Mexico border
The Associated Press
Article Launched: 04/10/2007 05:52:01 PM PDT


SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.- About half of the 2,000 wedding gowns stolen here five months ago before they could reach a California fundraiser have been seized at the border by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers.
The gowns, valued at more than $2 million, were discovered last week in a tractor trailer re-entering the U.S. at Nogales after attempting to go into Mexico, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman said Tuesday.

The driver of the 40-foot-long trailer was arrested and the rig impounded at the port of entry, authorities said.

Fran Hansen, director of the Making Memories Foundation, said 1,024 of the donated gowns were recovered.

In November, the tractor trailer and cab carrying the gowns were stolen from the parking lot of a Scottsdale hotel.

The gowns were on their way to a fundraiser in West Hollywood, Calif., with the money going to women dying of breast cancer.

Hansen said she wasn't sure if the driver of the cab is connected to the thefts.

"We do have the trailer, and we do have the dresses," said Brian Levin, a spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_5636908

Sounds like they have been sold off the back of the truck.

Dixie

Im Glad they found this one, alot of women will need that help.

An additional irony here is that Mexico has no shortage of factories turning out lacy white gowns, many of which are sold here at a staggering markup. First Communion gowns, for example, often come from Mexico, at least around here.

Weren't all of the dresses going for 'marrying an illegal day' parade?

I sure hope the point of entry guards don't get prosecuted for doing their jobs as well.