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30 People Found In Truck's Hidden Compartment
POSTED: 2:17 pm PDT October 30, 2009
UPDATED: 5:53 pm PDT October 30, 2009
SAN DIEGO -- Authorities have arrested two men who were allegedly smuggling 30 illegal immigrants into the United States in a hidden compartment inside a trailer.U.S. Border Patrol said Friday that agents inspected a semi-truck at a checkpoint in San Diego County on Thursday and found the driver didn't have a commercial license and the passenger didn't have legal papers.Agents said they found 30 illegal immigrants, including one child, inside a compartment hidden by furniture in the back of the trailer.Border Patrol agent Mark Endicott declined to release the names of the suspected smugglers. He said the driver is a Mexican citizen who had a border-crossing card to legally enter the United States.Endicott said three immigrants are being held as witnesses.
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