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3 Mexican (illegal) immigrants found sewn in car upholstery
NBC11.com ^ | 8/9/06 | NBC11 staff

Posted on 08/12/2006 8:09:46 PM PDT by World_Events

SAN YSIDRO, Calif. -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a U.S. man Tuesday morning after they say he tried to smuggle three migrants into the country hidden in the seats of his vehicle.

CBP officers said they encountered the driver, a 33-year-old resident of Rosarito, Mexico, as he entered the port at about 5 a.m. driving a GMC Vendura van.

According to authorities, the driver stated he was a citizen of the United States and presented a valid California identification and birth certificate to the officer.

The primary officer said the driver has a nervous demeanor. The officer referred the vehicle and occupant to a secondary lot for a more in-depth examination.

In the secondary lot, CBP officers discovered three undocumented migrants sewn into three seats of the conversion van, including the driver’s seat. CBP officers said they carefully extracted two men and a woman from inside the seats.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbc11.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; US: California
KEYWORDS: 10peat; aliens; sitonit
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1 posted on 08/12/2006 8:09:47 PM PDT by World_Events
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To: World_Events

again?...;)


3 posted on 08/12/2006 8:13:00 PM PDT by callthemlikeyouseethem (GWB: 12 Aug 06: "...I ask for your patience, cooperation, and vigilance in the coming days.")
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a U.S. citizen doing this crap.. he could be smuggling in terrorists for all we know.. full weight of the law on this treacherous dumass


4 posted on 08/12/2006 8:14:18 PM PDT by Cinnamon
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To: Howie66

Have a heart man! Just roll up the windows and wait.....


5 posted on 08/12/2006 8:14:20 PM PDT by Normal4me
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To: World_Events
I would give the guy some kind of a plea bargain in exchange to information about how many other folks are using this tactic.I am sure he is not the first one to have thought of this.
6 posted on 08/12/2006 8:15:14 PM PDT by raj bhatia
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I am sure he is not the first one to have thought of this.

I read about a woman escaping East Germany that way back in the 60s.
7 posted on 08/12/2006 8:16:56 PM PDT by cripplecreek (If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?)
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8 posted on 08/12/2006 8:17:24 PM PDT by Samwise (All that is needed for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing.)
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To: Normal4me

"Have a heart man! Just roll up the windows and wait....."

Good point!!

Why on earth waste good ammo that could be better used on a Muslim????


9 posted on 08/12/2006 8:31:11 PM PDT by Howie66 ("America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people.")
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To: World_Events

Was it tuck and roll?


10 posted on 08/12/2006 8:33:24 PM PDT by manic4organic
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"Undocumented Migrants"? Phew..at least they weren't "illegals" (PC barf).
They were only sewn into the upholstery of a car no American would be willing to be sewn into I'm sure also.


11 posted on 08/12/2006 8:34:09 PM PDT by PhillyRepublican
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But I thought Mexicans weren't soft and cushy like Americans.

Wouldn't they make lousy upholstery? ;-)

12 posted on 08/12/2006 8:48:24 PM PDT by glorgau
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Doing jobs American uplostery doesn't want to do...


13 posted on 08/12/2006 8:50:26 PM PDT by llevrok (When you take my gin from my cold, dead hand....)
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Already posted twice!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1680223/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1680353/posts

14 posted on 08/12/2006 9:07:44 PM PDT by vox humana
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A headline too odd to not click and read.


15 posted on 08/12/2006 9:20:35 PM PDT by satchmodog9 (Most people stand on the tracks and never even hear the train coming)
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To: Howie66

So you want the government to shoot Mexicans who cross the border illegally? We should have a stronger border but we don't need a reverse version of the East German border. We don't need death squads, thank you.


16 posted on 08/12/2006 9:50:36 PM PDT by Wilhelm Tell (True or False? This is not a tag line.)
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Was it tuck and roll?

Hey, Vato, that's 'Tuck and Rolando'!!!

17 posted on 08/12/2006 10:14:09 PM PDT by Skibane
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To: Wilhelm Tell
So you want the government to shoot Mexicans who cross the border illegally? We should have a stronger border but we don't need a reverse version of the East German border. We don't need death squads, thank you.

Sadly many on Free Republic advocate this on a daily basis.

18 posted on 08/12/2006 10:15:30 PM PDT by COEXERJ145 (Free Republic is Currently Suffering a Pandemic of “Bush Derangement Syndrome.”)
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To: World_Events

That car upholstery was one fine tuck and roll job.


19 posted on 08/12/2006 10:38:06 PM PDT by RicocheT
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three undocumented migrants sewn into three seats of the conversion van, including the driver’s seat.

So the driver was sitting on one of them!!!

20 posted on 08/13/2006 12:29:01 AM PDT by DannyTN
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