Stunned border guards find a man hiding in the GAS TANK of an SUV trying to cross into the US from Mexico
...this is risking death to cross the borders
...suspended his brain or just didn't care
'While the vast majority of the smuggling attempts uncovered at the port of entry involve citizens from the United States and Mexico, from time to time we do encounter smuggling attempts involving citizens from Central and South America, as well as other areas around the world,' -David Salazar, Acting Port Director Calexico ports of entry.
Man charged with attempting to sneak a Brazilian man into the US by hiding him in the partially modified gas tank of an SUV
Jonathan Pantoja allegedly brought the man, 38, inside modified tank of the SUV early Tuesday at a crossing in Calexico, California
An imaging device spotted anomalies in the SUV's gas tank and under the back seats prompting a search of the truck by US Customs and Border Protection
Jonathan Pantoja allegedly brought the man, 38, inside modified tank of the SUV early Tuesday at a crossing in Calexico, California
An imaging device spotted anomalies in the SUV's gas tank and under the back seats prompting a search of the truck by US Customs and Border Protection
A criminal complaint said the driver - a 40-year-old U.S. citizen - told authorities that he smuggled to pay off a $5,000 debt.
He
was arrested and transported to the Imperial County Jail, authorities
said. He will face federal charges in connection to the incident.
His attorney didn't immediately respond to a message seeking comment.
The
complaint said the Brazilian man told authorities he paid $5,800 to get
to the border from Brazil and was to pay another $4,000 in Los Angeles.
Customs
and Border Protection placed an immigration hold on the Brazilian man
to begin his removal from the US, and the vehicle was also seized.
At a crossing in Calexico,
California, Customs and Border Protection
'While the vast majority of the smuggling attempts uncovered at the port of entry involve citizens from the United States and Mexico, from time to time we do encounter smuggling attempts involving citizens from Central and South America, as well as other areas around the world,' -David Salazar, Acting Port Director Calexico ports of entry.
'CBP
has no tolerance for violations of immigration law, especially cases
involving human smuggling in such hazardous conditions.'
In
2014, more than 33,000 people attempting to
enter the U.S. illegally were caught by CBP officers at the border crossings between
California and Mexico.
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