Surprise police arrest suspected human smuggler
March 30, 2009 - 10:25 AM
Staff report
Nine undocumented immigrants were taken into custody Thursday, and the driver of the truck in which they were found was arrested, Surprise police said Sunday.
At 4:20 p.m. Thursday, Surprise police stopped a pickup on U.S. 60 and Patton Road for a traffic violation.
Upon approaching the truck, police observed passengers in the cab of the vehicle and several other passengers lying across the bed portion of the truck.
The passengers told officers that they had paid the driver to smuggle them to California and Oregon, police said. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials were called and took the nine undocumented people into custody.
The driver, Antonio Perez-Rodriguez, 32, of Burlington, Wash., was taken to the Maricopa County Fourth Avenue Jail and booked on nine counts of human smuggling.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Surprise police arrest suspected human smuggler (YourWestValley.com)
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