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CBP: Truck driver arrested for smuggling 8 undocumented immigrants

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February 8, 2021 6:28 PM
Published 10:40 AM

Agents say one man was a convicted felon

YUMA, Ariz. (T3) - Border Patrol agents arrested a truck driver after allegedly smuggling eight undocumented immigrants in the cabin of his truck.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the incident happened last Thursday around 5 p.m. The Arizona Department of Public Safety officials requested Border Patrol assistance on a vehicle stop just east of the Ligurta Rest Area on Interstate 8 eastbound lanes.

When agents conducted immigration inspections, they found seven Mexican nationals and one Honduran national without papers.

At the station, record checks revealed one of the eight men is a convicted felon who served a year and a half in prison for possession of a controlled substance.

Agents arrested the 43-year-old driver and booked him on smuggling charges.

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