TUCSON, Ariz. — On March 20, 2008 Border Patrol agents assigned to the Douglas Station apprehended eight illegal aliens, two horses, and two handguns from a vehicle stop on State Route 191 near Douglas, Ariz.
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Upon performing an immigration traffic stop, agents determined that three occupants in the cab of the truck were here in the United States illegally and the driver was a lawfully admitted permanent resident.
A check of the horse trailer discovered five additional subjects (2 adults and 3 juveniles) that were locked in the horse tack compartment on the trailer.
Inside the vehicle agents discovered two loaded handguns.
After being returned to the Douglas Station for processing, the group was voluntarily returned to Mexico.
The driver is being prosecuted for alien smuggling and endangerment due to the five illegal aliens locked in a compartment on the trailer with no means to exit. The load vehicle, trailer, handguns, and two horses were processed for seizure.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation’s borders at and between the official ports of entry.
CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.
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