Driver of semi-trailer with 70 undocumented migrants arrested

Carolyn Hileman* | June 24, 2007

DULZURA — A truck driver was arrested yesterday after U.S. Border Patrol agents discovered he was hauling 70 undocumented migrants in the back of a semi-trailer specially designed for human smuggling, authorities said. The arrest came after the driver tried crossing a Border Patrol checkpoint near Tecate. The trailer was equipped with a large freezer chest, iced drinks, fans and a trap door in the floor to discreetly load and unload drugs or people, the Border Patrol said. Agents received an anonymous call at 4:30 p.m. reporting a large group of people were being loaded into a semi-trailer in a Tecate trucking lot near the port of entry.

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