NOGALES, ARE.– The Border Patrol reported this past weekend the seizure of several groups of illegal migrants, including some who were transported in the trunk of a vehicle and others who were discovered by “Nero”, a canine agent, while they expected to be picked up by human traffickers.
The new interim head of the Tucson Sector, Sabri Y. Dikman, revealed in a first case that agents assigned to the Nogales and Tucson stations discovered undocumented persons while they were being transferred inside the trunks of two vehicles, in separate cases. .
The drivers of both cars, a US national, were arrested and face federal human trafficking charges.
On the other hand, a group of 110 people who crossed the border illegally were insured near San Miguel, Arizona, of which more than ninety were children or minors without the company of a direct relative or responsible adult.
Dikman added in this report that smugglers continue to abandon vulnerable groups of people in extremely remote areas of the desert.
Eventually, elements assigned to Douglas Station, pursued seven undocumented up to State Route 80, where with the support of the dog “Nero”, expert in people detection, were found under a shed where they were waiting to be picked up.
Official records showed that one of the migrants had an extradition order from Phoenix, for having justice pending.
Finally, the director of the Port in Nogales, Arizona for Customs and Border Protection (CBP, for its acronym in English), Michael W. Humphries, reported on the seizure of a firearm and its respective charger.
Immigration elements that were making checks on the exit lanes to Mexico, discovered the illicit cargo, which was carried by a 22-year-old young man, without giving further details.
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