Cochise County Arizona: 67 illegal immigrants found in U-Haul truck

[Jeff Mock]

Posted: Friday, April 23, 2010 12:15 pm

ELFRIDA, Ariz. - Sixty-seven illegal immigrants were found crammed inside a U-Haul truck near Elfrida, Ariz. about 20 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border after deputies spotted it driving erratically.

Cochise County sheriff's spokeswoman Carol Capas said Friday that deputies pulled the U-Haul over Thursday evening, and the driver and front passenger ran out of the vehicle into the desert.

The two, believed to be smugglers, got away.

Meanwhile, deputies found 67 illegal immigrants in the back of the 26-foot truck.

Capas says the truck appeared to have been loaded in the last seven hours and that it was "cramped."

She could not speak to the conditions inside the truck and says the immigrants were turned over to the Border Patrol.

Border Patrol spokesman Mario Escalante did not immediately know where the immigrants were from, where they were headed or what the conditions in the truck were, although he says none had to be taken to the hospital.

 

[ozzy]

From the looks of it, it sounds like Az. might have put a dent in the trash crossings. Come on 90 day's.

 

[Harvey7]

You probably would not be able to imagine the anarchy we deal with relating to illegal aliens in Cochise County. They are forever cutting fences in their way or leaving gates open, this results in cattle on the roads with vehicle accidents. The coyotes (smugglers)are a paranoid group and drive overloaded vehicles like they are being pursued. When they wreck (it is often)there are huge numbers of injured aliens. These are transported to our local hospitals and given the best of care which is never paid for. Our schools are hurting for money yet the Fed requires that we put expensive special programs in place to teach children who do not speak english well. The "Imigrant Activists" dont think that we are taking good enough care of our "guests" and so they sue our schools in federal court to establish their "rights". I have a rental home in Bisbee the illegals broke into my garage a dozen times to hide during the day. The garbage that they left behind is staggering. Our wild lands are trashed with their garbage. Cattle dont know trash from food and eat clothes and trash which knots up thier guts and kills them.
Giving these criminals amnesty twice so far has only encourages more to come, for the next amnesty.