Agents find people in minivan on tow-truck (CA)

[TowNews]

Two suspected smugglers arrested after agents find people in minivan on tow-truck flatbed near Jamul

 

Border Patrol agents arrested two suspected smugglers in a tow-truck near Jamul after agents found four undocumented migrants in a minivan the tow truck was hauling, the agency said Friday.

 

The discovery came about 9:30 a.m. Sunday when the flatbed stopped at a Border Patrol checkpoint on state Route 94.

 

Agents saw a silhouette inside the van on the flatbed, then found the four Mexican men, Agent Juan Torres said. They were “sweating profusely” inside the hot minivan, he said.

 

A search of the tow truck cab turned up a loaded gun inside a tool box. The two men in the tow truck — the 28-year-old driver and his 36-year old passenger — were arrested, Torres said.

 

The four men in the minivan were taken to an area Border Patrol station for processing.

 

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[Moose]

Imagine that in California.... Wonder how many tow trucks have been or are being used like this by smugglers.