New Mexico man arrested for allegedly concealing 67 illegal immigrants in a box truck
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A New Mexico man was arrested on Tuesday after border patrol officers discovered 67 illegal immigrants concealed in the rear compartment of a box truck he was driving.
A K-9 alerted to the presence of concealed humans and officers subsequently found the migrants, who were from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. Migrants were concealed behind a small false wall in the rear compartment of a box truck. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Big Bend Sector) Border patrol officers found 67 migrants in this truck driven by 22-year-old Javier Duarte. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Big Bend Sector)
They were hidden behind two wooden walls that were drilled into the truck with metal brackets. Photos of the truck showed migrants in a tight space behind plywood with two small fans.