Mexicans smuggle Chinese aliens
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers conducting security inspections at the Calexico, Calif., port of entry arrested a Mexican national after finding an illegal Chinese alien hidden in the engine compartment of the vehicle he was driving into the United States.
The failed entry, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials said, was the second at the Calexico port in less than a week in which a smuggler sought to bring a Chinese national into the United States in the same manner and the third this month at the port involving an attempt to smuggle a Chinese migrant into the country.
CBP officials offered no theory on why Chinese nationals had focused on the Calexico port of entry.
The driver, identified only as a 27-year-old Mexican citizen, presented a valid border crossing card at the downtown port of entry but was referred during the Feb. 16 incident to a secondary inspection area after CBP officers said he appeared to be nervous.
During that inspection, CBP spokesman Vincent E. Bond said, officers discovered what appeared to be a piece of wood under the front bumper and, after removing the front grill, found a woman lying in a non-factory compartment forward of the engine. He said the officers opened the compartment and eventually freed the woman.
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Mexicans smuggle Chinese aliens
The Washington Times
