The Union-Tribune
DULZURA, California -- 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.
Posted by tyne at June 24, 2007