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Illegals caught after vehicle hits horse (potential DARWIN awardees)
Sierra Vista Herald, Sierra Vista Arizona ^ | 2/3/04 | Bill Hess

Posted on 02/03/2004 4:19:06 PM PST by SandRat

DOUBLE ADOBE - A collision between a horse and a vehicle on Sunday led to the animal's death and the rescue of three illegal immigrants from the trunk of the car.

While traffic was being slowed because of the accident, another van with illegal immigrants was stopped.

Around 7 p.m. Sunday, a Cochise County sheriff's deputy was trying round up some horses that were on Frontier Road near Highway 80 when a 1995 Dodge suddenly hit one of the animals, Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Carol Capas said Monday afternoon.

The impact caused major damage to the front of the car and the hood.

The driver and a passenger in the car fled. When the deputy approached the car, he heard noises coming from the trunk. When he opened the trunk, he found three injured illegal immigrants, Capas said.

The deputy also was approached by another Mexican national who said he was the passenger in the car and needed medical treatment, too, Capas said.

The four people, identified as Marsieleno Sanchez, 22, Margarita Tadeo, 25, Maria Espinosa 26, and Gildardo Herrera, 17, were taken to the Copper Queen Community Hospital in Bisbee, where they were treated and then turned over to the U.S. Border Patrol, she said. Herrera, Tadeo and Espinosa were in the car's trunk.

Andy Adame, spokesman for the Border Patrol's Tucson Sector, said an agent tracked footprints left by the alleged driver and concluded the person eventually got into another vehicle.

While other sheriff's deputies and Arizona Department of Public Safety officers were performing traffic control at the accident scene, a van was stopped, Adame said. Seventeen illegal immigrants, all Mexican nationals, were inside the van and were taken into custody by the Border Patrol.

The 17 people were processed and returned to Mexico, Adame said. The van, registered to a Douglas resident, has been seized.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; Mexico; US: Arizona; US: California; US: New Mexico; US: Texas; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: aliens; border; crime; horses; illegals; mexico; usbp
Around 7 p.m. Sunday, a Cochise County sheriff's deputy was trying round up some horses that were on Frontier Road near Highway 80 when a 1995 Dodge suddenly hit one of the animals, Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Carol Capas said Monday afternoon.

Quick someone call PETA! </sarcasm

1 posted on 02/03/2004 4:19:07 PM PST by SandRat
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To: Spiff; HiJinx; JackelopeBreeder; AZHSer
PING
2 posted on 02/03/2004 4:19:46 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: SandRat
Killing horses Americans don't want to kill!
3 posted on 02/03/2004 4:20:59 PM PST by WayneM (Cut the KRAP (Karl Rove Amnesty Plan). Call your elected officials and say "NO!!")
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To: WayneM
lol!
4 posted on 02/03/2004 4:22:12 PM PST by South40 (My vote helped defeat cruz bustamante; did yours?)
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To: SandRat
Bet they paid for their medical care, or maybe Bush will
5 posted on 02/03/2004 4:22:26 PM PST by cynicom
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To: WayneM
LOL !! Best quote I've seen this week.
6 posted on 02/03/2004 4:24:11 PM PST by Missouri
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To: SandRat
Anyone who would hit a horse is a dirty bastard.
7 posted on 02/03/2004 4:33:16 PM PST by henderson field
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To: Missouri
I wonder if they were cited for not wearing seatbelts...
8 posted on 02/03/2004 4:43:31 PM PST by JackelopeBreeder (Proud to be a loco gringo armed vigilante terrorist cucaracha!)
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To: JackelopeBreeder
LOL !!

What a shame. I really like horses.

9 posted on 02/03/2004 4:45:09 PM PST by Missouri
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To: SandRat
The 17 people were processed and returned to Mexico, Adame said.

I'm sure they are on their way back as I type this...

10 posted on 02/03/2004 5:27:16 PM PST by humboldtconservative (deport ALL illegals......immediately......)
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To: SandRat
Remember at the circus where a little bitty car parked in center ring and an seemingly endless string of clowns climbed out?

Same thing.
12 posted on 02/03/2004 10:01:06 PM PST by NewRomeTacitus (Why don't you people speak Spanish like you're expected to?)
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