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| Border Patrol finds 55 Illegals in Refrigerated Truck |
| 2005-08-31 |
| EL CENTRO – Fifty-five illegal immigrants from Mexico were found in a refrigerated truck with an internal temperature of only a few degrees above freezing, the U.S. Border Patrol said Tuesday. The migrants had crossed the U.S.-Mexico border near Yuma, Ariz., Monday and had been in the truck only a half-hour or so when they were found, said Border Patrol Agent Amber Galloway. The men and women appeared to be in good health, Galloway said. They were being held at the Calexico, Calif., Border Patrol station where they will be processed and returned to Mexico with a warning. A Border Patrol agent made the discovery shortly after 11 p.m. Monday as he grew suspicious while questioning the truck driver at Border Patrol checkpoint along westbound Interstate 8 near Winterhaven, about 150 miles east of San Diego. Peering into an access port to view the contents of the trailer, the agent noticed clothing and saw something move. The trailer was hauling a load of lettuce along with its illegal cargo of people and the internal temperature was set at 37 degrees. Truck driver Miguel Angel Quintero Ramos, a legal U.S. resident, was arrested for alien smuggling. |
| Posted by:Pappy |
| #6 Gromky: They weren't naked (I sure hope). It's no big deal to be at 37 for several hours if properly bundled up. I used to walk to school when it was in the teens, |
| Posted by: Jackal 2005-08-31 22:21 |
| #5 journo-reality, where Cheney and Bush routinely have no heart beats |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-08-31 20:38 |
| #4 Fifty-five illegal immigrants from Mexico were found in a refrigerated truck with an internal temperature of only a few degrees above freezing So how did the illegal immigrants survive, with an internal temperature only a few degrees above freezing? I thought that the human body went unconsious somewhere around 85-88 degrees. |
| Posted by: gromky 2005-08-31 20:26 |
| #3 Now what is the difference between finding illegals just over the border in the process of crossing, and the illegals found further in our country having been here for a few months or years time? They all need to be sent back. I'm finding that the illegals are being assisted in signing up for "emergency medicaid" rather than being sent back. Illegals don't even seem to try to hide their status anymore. What's up with this? |
| Posted by: Jan 2005-08-31 15:14 |
| #2 I wonder if this was just a matter of convenience or the coyotes were advertising the refrigerated truck as a way to avoid roasting in boxcars. |
| Posted by: Xbalanke 2005-08-31 12:21 |
| #1 "Border Patrol station where they will be processed and returned to Mexico with a warning." STOP!! or I will, or I will, or I will, or I will..... The captured Taliban fighters could only wish for a refrigerated |
| Posted by: Poison Reverse 2005-08-31 10:37 |