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 News from Around the Americas | February 2007 
Border Patrol: Woman Found Inside Car Engine Compartment
 NBC4.tv
| | U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers said they arrested a man for allegedly trying to smuggle a woman into the country by hiding her inside a car's engine compartment. |
Calexico, Calif. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers said they arrested a man for allegedly trying to smuggle a woman into the country by hiding her inside a car's engine compartment.
Officials said the discovery was made last Friday afternoon during a routine border security inspection at the downtown Calexico port of entry.
Customs officers said the driver, a 27-year-old resident of Mexicali, was stopped driving a beige, 1991 Mercury Grand Marquis.
Upon questioning, officers said the man appeared nervous. He was referred to undergo a secondary inspection. That's when CBP officers said they discovered what appeared to be a piece of wood under the front bumper.
Officers removed the grill and said they found a Chinese woman lying in a non-factory compartment of the engine. She was freed and transported to a local medical facility.
The driver was charged with alien smuggling and transported to the Imperial County Jail. The woman is now being held by CBP as a material witness for the prosecution.
Officials said this is the second failed attempt in a week of someone allegedly trying to smuggle Chinese migrants inside an engine compartment.
Last Thursday, CBP officers at the downtown port discovered two Chinese men hidden within the engine of a Chevrolet pickup truck.
The driver, a 28-year-old Mexican male from Brawley, was arrested. |
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