Yuma Sector Border Patrol counters human smuggling attempt

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - Wellton Border Patrol agents said they stopped a human smuggling attempt.

Last week, agents said they were monitoring activity in the desert during the nighttime when they saw a suspicious vehicle.

A border patrol supervisor patrolling the area inside of a helicopter began to survey the vehicle while agents tracked the car on the ground.

The supervisor kept an eye on the car as it traveled back and forth on a road before the driver turned onto the shoulder near a bundle of bushes.

Multiple individuals ran from the bushes and into the back seat of the vehicle, a black Cadillac Escalade.

Agents on the ground proceeded to conduct a vehicle stop.

A total of five Mexican nationals were arrested, including the driver and passenger.

Both the driver and passenger will be taken for prosecution to the Arizona U.S. Attorney's Office for human smuggling.

The remaining three migrants will be processed and sent back to Mexico.