BP: Armed escorts drop off mother, son near U.S./Mexico border

Border Patrol agents arrested a woman and her eight-year-old son after authorities noticed armed subjects escort the pair into the United States, west of Lukeville, Ariz., Saturday night.

Border Patrol cameras observed several men armed with assault rifles escort a mother and child to the international boundary west of Lukeville, according to Customs and Border Protection.

The armed men dropped off the pair in an area typically used by smugglers to bring large numbers of Central Americans into the country illegally, CBP added.

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