Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents arrested an armed human smuggler near the Arizona border with Mexico. Agents found five Mexican migrants and a loaded handgun inside the smuggler’s vehicle.
Tucson Sector Chief Patrol Agent John R. Modlin tweeted images from a human smuggling incident that took place on December 16 near Sasabe, Arizona. The arrest followed an observation by Border Patrol security camera operators of human smuggling activity near the border.
Last Friday, Tucson Station border cameras observed a vehicle suspected of smuggling near Sasabe, AZ, that was later stopped. The driver, a 26-year-old U.S. citizen, was arrested smuggling five Mexican citizens. A loaded firearm under the driver’s seat was seized.
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