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General Category => Immigration/Border => Topic started by: rangerrebew on February 10, 2019, 12:07:38 pm

Title: Passengers injured in Border Patrol pursuit crash testify about human smuggling operation
Post by: rangerrebew on February 10, 2019, 12:07:38 pm
 Passengers injured in Border Patrol pursuit crash testify about human smuggling operation
 
 
 Pauline Repard Contact Reporter

A hearing in El Cajon Superior Court on Thursday offered a glimpse into an extensive human smuggling operation at work before a Border Patrol pursuit crash in Boulevard last year that killed three Mexican citizens and injured others.

Luis Alberto Virgen, 21, a U.S. citizen, is alleged to have been the driver who tried to evade agents in a 100 mph pursuit on Interstate 8 before agents spiked his tires and the truck overturned.

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/courts/sd-me-border-patrol-pursuit-crash-20190208-story.html (https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/courts/sd-me-border-patrol-pursuit-crash-20190208-story.html)