PINE VALLEY, Calif.—On Monday, U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a 41-year-old man at the Interstate 8 checkpoint for human smuggling.
At approximately 11:30 a.m., Border Patrol agents at the Pine Valley checkpoint encountered a U.S. citizen driving a 2005 Acura RL sedan. Conducting a cursory inspection of the car, agents discovered two men locked in the trunk and sweating profusely. The trunk had no internal escape latch and the men had no water. The confined suspects admitted they were Mexican nationals illegally present in the U.S.
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