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Border Patrol incidents stack up

By the Green Valley News
Published: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 1:44 PM MST


  • Border Patrol agents at the Interstate 19 checkpoint on Wednesday arrested a U.S. citizen traveling as a shuttle passenger who had 15 pounds of marijuana. The estimated street value of the marijuana is $12,000.

  • In three incidents Tuesday, agents arrested six illegal immigrants from China.

    All were traveling with groups of illegal immigrants from Mexico and were found east of the Nogales Port of Entry. Agents from the Casa Grande Station also arrested three illegal immigrants from China near Interstate 10 on Tuesday. No other details were available.

  • Agents found a decomposed body Tuesday on a trail near State Route 90. The Cochise County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched and took over the scene.

  • Agents received a report Tuesday of a possible person in distress trying to flag down cars in Three Points. A Border Patrol EMT was dispatched to the scene, where the man admitted to being an illegal immigrant from Mexico and said he was experiencing abdominal pain, cramping, nausea and vomiting. He was taken to a hospital.





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