Three illegal aliens in a Jeep Cherokee were arrested by Willcox Station Border Patrol agents
after they attempted to avoid the State Route 90 immigration checkpoint near Whetstone Saturday evening.
Agents were notified by a concerned citizen at the immigration checkpoint that a vehicle drove across the median and turned around just before the checkpoint. Agents located the Jeep and conducted an immigration stop near the intersection of Highways 90 and 82, and identified all three occupants as illegal aliens.
The two passengers, a 31-year-old from Nicaragua and 41-year-old Mexican national, will be processed for immigration violations. The driver, a 36-year-old Mexican national, faces immigration and smuggling charges.