California: 73 Illegal Immigrants Are Found in Truck

National Briefing - West - California - 73 Illegal Immigrants Are Found in Truck - NYTimes.com

National Briefing | West

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: June 9, 2009

The Border Patrol said a truck driver had been arrested at a checkpoint in California after 73 illegal immigrants from Mexico were found in the back of his rig. The agency said the 50-year-old driver from Mexico, arrested Sunday, was in custody awaiting prosecution for alien smuggling. A Border Patrol agent said that most of the 53 men and 20 women were being returned to Mexico and that an immigrant from Guatemala would be charged with illegal re-entry of a criminal alien.