Tecate, Calif. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the port of Tecate foiled an attempt to smuggle a man and a woman on top of a load of sand inside a dump trailer.
Wednesday at
11:25 a.m. a CBP officer from the Tecate Port of Entry inspected a white
1998 Volvo tractor truck pulling two 1978 dual-bottom dump trailers and
referred the conveyance and driver for further inspection.
During
the in-depth inspection, officers instructed the driver to off-load the
sand from the trailers. When the sand was off-loaded, officers noticed
movement and rescued a 21-year-old man and 38-year-old woman from the
pile of sand.
CBP officers immediately
checked the two individuals for their safety and, when the woman began
to cough up sand, officers trained as medical first responders
administered first aid and notified 911. San Diego County paramedics
arrived, evaluated them and cleared the two individuals.
The
two illegal aliens were both Mexican citizens with no lawful documents
to enter the country. CBP officers arrested both aliens and transported
them to the Metropolitan Correctional Center.
The driver a 48-year-old Mexican citizen and resident of Tijuana, B.C. is under investigation.
“People
expose themselves and others to grave danger when attempting to enter
the U.S. illegally. If the CBP officers had not reacted so quickly this
might have ended tragically,” said Pete Flores, acting director of Field
Operations in San Diego.
U.S.
Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the
Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and
protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of
entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out
of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.
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