Human smugglers arrested trying to sneak illegal through checkpoint

BORDER PATROL SPOT MEN CUTTING FENCE NEAR LUKEVILLE, DEPLOY CHOPPER

TUCSON – Ajo Station Border Patrol agents at the State Route 85 immigration checkpoint north of Lukeville arrested an illegal alien and a couple of U.S. citizens for attempted human smuggling, after they cut through a border fence.

At about 1  p.m. Sunday, agents operating a video surveillance camera saw a group of men cutting the wire mesh fence that marks the international boundary near the Lukeville Port of entry.

As agents observed the cutting, two men illegally entered the United States from Mexico, through the breach. One of the men then entered a parked Dodge SUV near the fence.

Agents requested an Air and Marine Operations helicopter crew patrolling nearby and a ground patrol to follow the vehicle, which headed north on the highway toward the checkpoint.

Agents at the SR85  checkpoint discovered the rear passenger, a 40 year-old Mexican male, was using fraudulent immigration documents. He was illegally in the United States.

The female driver, 36, and male front seat passenger, 32, were arrested on federal human smuggling charges. They will remain in custody pending disposition of their cases.

The Mexican national will be processed for immigration violations.

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