Border Patrol arrests 4 in migrant smuggling case in Arizona

January 17, 2018 02:29 AM

The U.S. Border Patrol says it has arrested four people suspected of being involved in a migrant smuggling attempt in Arizona.

Agents from the Tucson Sector's Douglas Station found the four in a Chevrolet Cavalier sedan during a Sunday night immigration stop on State Route 80.

The agency says the driver was an 18-year-old Mexican man with authorization to work in the United States and his front seat passenger was a 19-year-old man from Ghana without permission to be in the U.S.

A search turned up two Mexican men, ages 22 and 40, in the car's trunk. Agents believe both men entered the United States illegally.

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The driver was arrested for migrant smuggling and the other three men were taken into custody on immigration violations.