Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Illegal Immigrants Found In Van (WGCL-Atlanta, GA)

Illegal Immigrants Found In Van

POSTED: 2:06 pm EDT March 18, 2008

A van driver could face federal charges after Gwinnett County police discovered 19 illegal immigrants in the vehicle Monday.Gwinnett’s Police Interdiction Unit found the immigrants during a routine traffic stop on Interstate 85 north at Buford Brive.Police pulled the van over because the window tinting was darker than is legally allowed, investigators said.The driver, Lazaro Ayala, 23, is also in the U.S. illegally, according to police. Ayala was driving the others from Texas to New York.

The passengers’ ages ranged from 6 to 47. Three of the passengers were children 13 and younger.

Agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement took the immigrants into custody.

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