Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents from Nogales Station arrested two U.S. citizens and two illegal aliens Thursday afternoon at the Interstate 19 Immigration Checkpoint near Amado.
An agent working the primary inspection lane referred the occupants of a 2014 Chevy Malibu to secondary inspection. During a subsequent search of the vehicle, agents discovered two Guatemalan nationals, illegally present in the country, in the vehicle’s trunk.
Agents seized the vehicle and arrested the driver, age 43, and passenger, age 27, both Phoenix area residents. Also arrested were two juvenile illegal aliens, both 16. All four persons along with the vehicle were transported to the Nogales Station for further processing.
The two U.S. citizens now face human smuggling charges and will remain in custody pending a disposition. The two undocumented juveniles will remain in custody, pending immigration proceedings.