Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Highway 95 Immigration Checkpoint arrested two United States citizens, one Mexican national, and one Guatemalan national traveling in a stolen vehicle in an attempted smuggling event on Thursday.
At approximately 1 p.m., a white 2000 Mercury Sable entering the primary inspection lane was sent to the secondary inspection area for additional questioning. It was determined that the vehicle was reported stolen out of Arizona City. The 35-year-old male driver and the female 24-year-old passenger, both United States citizens, were placed under arrest.
During a subsequent search of the vehicle, agents discovered one 16-year-old Mexican national and one 22-year-old Guatemalan national hidden in the trunk of the vehicle with no means of escape.
The driver will be charged with alien smuggling, and the two foreign nationals will be processed for removal. The Arizona Department of Public Safety seized the vehicle.