Border Patrol Agents Find Previously Deported Migrants Crammed In Back of Vehicle
April 30, 2021 ADI Staff Reporter
Agents arrested 5 migrants after stopping a vehicle near Wellton. Two suspected smugglers were also taken into custody. [Photo courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Patrol]
YUMA – On Thursday morning, Border Patrol agents foiled a migrant smuggling attempt after conducting a traffic stop.
Yuma Sector agents working highway operations east of Wellton, conducted a vehicle stop on a Ford Edge on the eastbound lanes of Interstate 8 at mile marker 80 at approximately 7:30 a.m. Agents discovered 5 migrants in the vehicle, three of which were previously removed from the United States and could face re-entry charges.
The two suspected smugglers, a 36-year-old male driver and a 19-year-old male passenger, both U.S. citizens out of Palmdale, California.
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