Previously Deported Armed Man Caught Smuggling Migrants in Arizona

Border Patrol agents assigned to an immigration checkpoint near the Arizona border with Mexico found an armed human smuggler with three people locked in the trunk of the vehicle. The three migrants included a minor.

Tucson Sector Chief Patrol Agent John R. Modlin tweeted a photo showing a migrant child being transported in the trunk of a sedan. Agents assigned to the Interstate 19 immigration checkpoint found the migrant child and two adults locked inside the trunk.

Three migrants, to include a minor dangerously concealed in the trunk, were apprehended at the I-19 #USBP Checkpoint by Nogales Station agents.

The driver, a previously removed Mexican citizen, was carrying a loaded firearm. He faces prosecution.

Outstanding work! pic.twitter.com/dNSL0pDDmB

— John R. Modlin (@USBPChiefTCA) December 27, 2021

The agents identified the driver as a Mexican national who had previously been deported by immigration officers, Modlin stated. The agents discovered the Mexican human smuggler was armed with a loaded firearm. He now faces prosecution related to human smuggling and illegal firearms possession.