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Extended-cab pickups and SUVs can easily be navigated over rough terrain and hold many people or large amounts of drugs, authorities say. They take the rear seats out, spray the windows with paint so you can't see inside very well and stack 18 or 20 people inside, literally like cordwood," Starner said.
Tripoli was lucky. The smugglers who stole her Durango left the seats intact.
Her Durango was recovered Feb. 9, within 24 hours of its theft, when smugglers fleeing from Border Patrol agents ditched the vehicle near Nogales and ran into the desert. The load of undocumented immigrants inside piled out and ran, too.
But before agents would release her vehicle, Tripoli had to drive a rental car to the Border Patrol's headquarters in Tucson with a copy of her vehicle registration and a copy of the police report.
She missed a day of work.
"I had to prove the car was stolen from me and that I hadn't lent it to anyone," Tripoli said.
Because her registration was in her stolen vehicle, Tripoli also had to go to an Arizona Motor Vehicle Division office to obtain a copy
She then waited six weeks until the Border Patrol released her Durango to a tow company, which transported the vehicle back to Phoenix, and then another two weeks until the driver's-side door lock, the steering column and ignition, which were all damaged by the thieves, could be repaired at a Valley dealership

"It was the biggest nightmare," she said.

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