Agents stop Kia Rio with 9 migrants crammed inside
by: Julian Resendiz
Posted: Jan 2, 2025 / 01:20 PM CST
Updated: Jan 2, 2025 / 01:20 PM CST
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A driver and a “foot guide” are facing federal charges after border agents stopped a subcompact sedan speeding away from the Arizona-Mexico border with 10 people inside.
U.S. Border Patrol camera operators spotted a 2021 Kia Rio with a single occupant approach the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge west of Nogales and follow a road towards the international boundary with Mexico. Federal court records show the vehicle reemerged 25 minutes later with multiple occupants inside.
Border agents intercepted the Kia on Tres Bellotas Road before it could get onto Interstate 19 heading to Tucson. Court records show the driver complied with instructions to stop the vehicle, but a front seat passenger tried to exit. The agents faced down the passenger and commanded him to raise his hands; he complied.
The Kia held another nine people including citizens of Guatemala, El Salvador and Mexico sitting on top of each other and some traveling inside the trunk. Only the driver had documents authorizing him to be in the United States legally, court records show.
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