Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Interstate 8 Immigration Checkpoint near Wellton arrested a Mexican national illegally present in the United States after he attempted to smuggle two illegal aliens Monday.
At approximately 9:26 a.m., Wellton Station agents referred a white Ford Fusion to the secondary inspection area after a Border Patrol K-9 in the primary inspection lane positively alerted to an odor it was trained to detect. After a subsequent search of the vehicle, agents discovered two male subjects lying on the rear passenger floorboard. Both subjects were determined to be in the United States illegally.
The driver, a 31-year-old male residing in Bakersfield, California, was processed for alien smuggling. The illegal aliens were charged with re-entry of removed aliens, and the vehicle was seized.