Posted on 03/02/2005 9:29:52 PM PST by NormsRevenge
COLUMBUS, N.M. (AP) - A stolen sport utility vehicle with 13 people inside - allegedly involved in a smuggling attempt - rolled over near the U.S.-Mexican border while trying to avoid police, authorities said. Four people were killed and nine were injured.
"We believe this was a case of human smuggling that went bad," said Doug Mosier, a spokesman for the U.S. Border Patrol in nearby El Paso, Texas. "Obviously it's a tragedy of enormous proportions and a very clear reminder of the dangers associated with smuggling."
A Border Patrol agent spotted the SUV parked along a highway Wednesday afternoon, pulled behind it and turned on his emergency lights, according to Mosier.
The vehicle sped away, and then turned around and started heading toward Mexico. Mosier said the agent turned off his lights, stopped chasing the vehicle and called for help.
"Border Patrol agents south of the location attempted to deploy tire deflation devices and the vehicle swerved to avoid the devices and lost control and flipped several times," Mosier said.
One woman and three men died. The injured were taken to hospitals in El Paso and Deming.
Mosier said the driver, who suffered minor injuries, would face numerous state and federal charges.
The area where the vehicle was first spotted is notorious for smuggling, Mosier said.
more 'guest workers' ?
And liberals don't think we should reinforce the border?
So, what was the SUV trying to smuggle?
Yugos
I can see where 13 Mexicans in a Hummer in a border town would draw some attention.
Amazing how these SUV's keep themselves in trouble.
This happened just a few miles from my house but as usual, we couldn't get any good information on it. They closed the highway south for quite a while. I imagine it was bedlam because they are paving the highway and have one lane open with a pilot car.
Mr. Mojo wrote:
I can see where 13 Mexicans in a Hummer in a border town would draw some attention.
--> Your comment really cracked me up ! :)
Pffft...only 13 people inside.
Check this out:
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/sardines.html
These SUV's seem to hate Hispanics.
The SUV knew it was in the wrong and crashed itself. I think they should drop the charges.
Free-trade-open-borders bump!!
Bad SUV Bad!
Too bad it didn't flip over into Mexico so they could have gone to the hospital there.
"More guest workers?"
FYI
PEW'S ILLEGAL ALIEN SURVEY
By Michelle Malkin · March 03, 2005 12:00 PM
The Washington Post reports on an interesting survey of Mexican illegal immigrants:
Most Mexican illegal immigrants want to remain in the United States indefinitely, but a majority would be willing to return to Mexico within five years under a temporary guest worker program being considered by the Bush administration, according to a survey released yesterday.
The survey by the Pew Hispanic Center showed that nearly three-quarters of undocumented workers would accept a temporary worker status that required them to return to Mexico. That included 68 percent who said they wanted to live in the United States "as long as I can" or for "the rest of my life."
The survey of nearly 5,000 Mexican nationals was called the first of its kind by Roberto Suro, the center's director. It was conducted at Mexican consulates in Los Angeles; New York; Chicago; Atlanta; Dallas; Fresno, Calif.; and Raleigh, N.C., over six months as immigrants applied for a Mexican identity document....
Several observations:
- As several people quoted in the article point out, the survey findings call into question whether, under Bush's amnesty plan, so-called guest workers would really go back home after their period of "temporary" employment ends.
-The "Mexican security document" referred to above is the Matricula Consular card. You may recall that last fall congressman David Drier stated that Matricula Consular cards "are not available to illegal immigrants." As I pointed out at the time, this is hooey. The Pew Hispanic Center knows this. Presumably, that's why they surveyed Matricular Consular card applicants--because anyone who applies for the card is almost certain to be here illegally.
- The article cites Census data on the number of Mexican illegal aliens living in the U.S. Unfortunately, Census data seriously undercount the number of illegal aliens (see here).
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