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Van carrying 54 halted after border chase
2006-05-02
SAN DIEGO – Authorities took 54 suspected illegal immigrants into custody early Monday morning after the driver of a van packed with passengers drove it over a spike strip and across the U.S.-Mexico border at San Ysidro, then headed north in the southbound lanes of Interstate 805. The van, which was able to keep going after running over the spike strip because its tires were filled with silicone gel, struck a vehicle near the border crossing before its driver continued the wrong way on I-805 around 3 a.m., Border Patrol spokesman Michael Bermudez said.

After driving north in the southbound lanes for several miles, exiting and re-entering the freeway, the van's driver began driving north in the northbound lanes of I-805 at the 47th Street ramp. The van left the freeway at Imperial Avenue and was heading south on I-805 near 43rd Street when its right rear tire started to shred and the driver pulled over. After the driver stopped, the people in the van began to run away, Bermudez said. Border Patrol agents found the driver in a nearby trash bin, while the passengers were detained near the vehicle, Bermudez said. He said the driver and the passengers were believed to be citizens of Samoa Mexico. Bermudez said he did not know the make or model of the van.
Posted by:Fred

#4  I wonder if the MSM will make noise when one of the wrong-way drivers kills some Americans. Unfortunately, they will blame the Border Patrol for actively chasing the illegal vehicle and "causing the vehicle to flee into the oncoming lanes". Maddening.
Posted by: remoteman   2006-05-02 18:37  

#3  Major candidate for a beehive round. It would only take one or two to put an end to this "running up the wrong side of the Interstate" game. Park a National Guard M-60A5 in the median, with an IR searchlight and targeting software.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2006-05-02 17:53  

#2  A van headed northbound near the border with 54 passengers and silicone filled tires that fails to pull over...... Can't you just feel the police racial profiling?
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-05-02 11:12  

#1  They were just trying to get to the illegal alien rally.
Posted by: Desert Blondie   2006-05-02 10:51  

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