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Border Patrol Agents Arrest Four Mexican Nationals Crammed in a Trunk Over the Weekend

Release Date
Mon, 05/14/2018

YUMA, Ariz. – Border Patrol agents assigned to the Interstate 8 immigration checkpoint arrested a United States citizen attempting to smuggle four Mexican nationals this weekend.

At approximately 10 p.m. on Sunday, a Border Patrol K9 team referred a 2018 white Chrysler 300 for a secondary inspection after the Border Patrol canine alerted to an odor it was trained to detect.  A subsequent search of the vehicle revealed four undocumented Mexican Nationals in the trunk of the vehicle with no means of escape.  The driver, a 41-year-old female United States citizen from Tehachapi, California, was arrested for harboring certain aliens.  The four Mexican Nationals were arrested for improper entry by aliens.  

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Last Modified: Feb 03, 2021