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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry

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To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (8745)3/19/2004 2:28:24 PM
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Bush unleashes terror in this country:
Smuggler convoy called a first here

6 trucks with 165 people stopped; 6 vehicles escape

GABRIELA RICO
Tucson Citizen


In an unprecedented move along the U.S.-Mexico border, a convoy of 12 pickup trucks packed with suspected illegal immigrants barreled through the Tohono O'odham Nation and tried to run down approaching Border Patrol agents.
Agents stopped six of the vehicles Wednesday night and found 165 people stashed in the beds of the trucks, said Greg Maier, a spokesman for the U.S. Border Patrol's Tucson sector.

"Smugglers are getting desperate in their attempt to enter the United States illegally," said David Aguilar, chief patrol agent of the Tucson sector. "Their options are dwindling, and now they are making bold and dangerous moves to get their human cargo over the border."

This type of daring convoy has not been seen before by the Border Patrol, he said.

tucsoncitizen.com
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