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MESA, Ariz. — More than 160 illegal immigrants -- some who had not eaten in days -- were found crammed inside a house in a well-to-do Phoenix suburb, officials said.
Several men believed to be immigrant smugglers were arrested during Wednesday's roundup.
The immigrants from Mexico and Central America "were sitting shoulder to shoulder, back to back," said Russell L. Ahr, a spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (search). "You could not see the carpet."
Federal and state authorities found the immigrants in a house along a golf course. Some had paid their smugglers up to $6,000, Ahr said.
Posted by Suzanne at February 13, 2004