An investigation was underway in Coral Gables, Florida, after officers intercepted two vans that were transporting more than two dozen Chinese migrants Tuesday morning.
Coral Gables Police officials said they received a call just after 8 a.m. from an alert citizen about migrants possibly being transported in vans. Officers responded and stopped one van in the area of 88th Street and Old Cutler Road and the other at 11600 Old Cutler Road. Between the two vans, there were 26 Chinese migrants including 17 men and 9 women who were in the process of being transported to an unknown location, police said.
Multiple agencies responded to the scene, including Customs and Border Patrol and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. U.S. Homeland Security Investigations was taking over the investigation, police said. “There is no place for human smuggling in the city of Coral Gables, much less the state of Florida. We must target illegal immigration head-on, using our experienced state and local agencies,” FDLE Special Agent in Charge in Miami John Vecchio said.
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