11 Chinese citizens arrested for illegal entry


Associated Press - August 16, 2007 7:55 AM ET

CHATEAUGAY, N.Y. (AP) - Federal prosecutors say 11 Chinese citizens were arrested trying to cross the Canadian border at a remote spot in northern New York over the weekend.

Border patrol agents and State Police encountered the group on Sunday night near Chateaugay in Franklin County at midnight about a mile south of the border. They included three men, six women and two young males.

The adults were charged the misdemeanor of entry without inspection and appeared before a federal magistrate in Plattsburgh.

U.S. Attorney Glenn Suddaby says all nine face a detention hearing next week in Albany.

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