News From the Border

Providing the news from a different front but from a war that we must win as well! I recognize the poverty and desperate conditions that many Latinos live in. We, as the USA, have a responsibility to do as much as we can to reach out to aid and assist spiritually with the Gospel and naturally with training, technology and resources. But poverty gives no one the right to break the laws of another sovereign nation.

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

CBP Border Patrol Agents Rescue 56 Aliens from Truck

Monday, February 26, 2007

Kingsville, Texas - U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol agents from the Sarita Border Patrol checkpoint on Highway 77 rescued 56 undocumented aliens from inside a tractor-trailer Sunday. The driver of the truck was arrested.

The rescue occurred on February 25, just one week after agents at the Falfurrias checkpoint intercepted a tractor-trailer and rescued 40 Brazilian nationals. Agents assigned to the checkpoint observed a tractor-trailer enter the primary lane for inspection. A Border Patrol canine team alerted to the tractor-trailer and driver was referred to the secondary inspection area for further inspection.

Upon closer inspection, agents discovered a 56 people, small children to adults, of different nationalities crammed inside the trailer. All of the people found in the trailer were found to be in good health. All were taken into custody pending removal proceedings and the driver, a U.S. citizen from Harlingen, Texas, was arrested on federal felony alien smuggling charges.

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