Posted on 09/10/2015 7:02:32 PM PDT by markomalley
Federal authorities have seized a private airplane full of illegal immigrants. The aircraft was being used in an attempt to smuggle seven illegal immigrants from the Texas border into the interior U.S. to avoid immigration checkpoints.
The arrests of the seven illegal immigrants and seizure of the airplane took place on Sunday morning following a routine inspection at the McAllen Miller International airport, information released by the Air and Marine branch of U.S. Customs and Border Protection revealed.
It was during that inspection that authorities found the illegal immigrants hiding inside a Beech King Air E90 aircraft. The airplane’s pilot, a United States citizen, was released as the investigation continues.
Human smugglers using airplanes to fly illegal aliens out of border cities is not an uncommon practice. A similar situation took place in the border city of Harlingen last year, as Breitbart Texas previously reported.
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Bttt
1 if by land, 2 if by sea, 3 if by air...
Do they get a refund on the ticket?!
Seized?
How about shot down?
How many hundreds/thousands of flights were made before they got caught?
Article says ‘full’ of illegals. That means 3 in the wheel wells alone :) Or maybe they were upright in seats reading Cosmo and nipping caviar, these days.
Article says ‘full’ of illegals. That means 3 in the wheel wells alone :) Or maybe they were upright in seats reading Cosmo and nipping caviar, these days.
Barack probably got PO’d that he didn’t wait for him to send down an airliner to pick them up. He probably had already purchased first class tickets for them. Well, he didn’t purchase them...
Do the feds seize the plane or do the give it back the pilot and tell him to be more careful the next time?
“he” = they. Same thing.
we have the technology... 
Not funny; part of the invasion.
Nice catch!
A King Air..?
That thing is like $2 million..!!!
Nice seizure! Keep 'em coming, and fill them up with Kugerrands, next time!
Jeb...wanna cut off the welfare to illegals to prove they are here for “love”.
They can’t auction the plane off for as much money if they shoot it down.
Depends on the avionics, but most used King Airs run about 2.4 million.
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