Smugglers Packed 33 Migrants in Locked Trailer in AZ Summer Heat

Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents rescued 33 migrants who were locked in the back of a locked tractor-trailer. The agents made the discovery at the Interstate 19 Immigration Checkpoint on Tuesday night. Nogales Station Border Patrol agents assigned to the interior checkpoint on Interstate 19 observed a 2002 Freightliner tractor hauling a refrigerated trailer approaching for inspection on July 2. The agents referred the driver to a secondary inspection station, according to information obtained from Tucson Sector Border Patrol officials.-- More...