AZMEX I3 31-3-18

AZMEX I3 31 MAR 2018

Note: Legal immigrants do not have to walk through the desert.
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Trial set for border volunteer in immigrant harboring case

http://www.pinalcentral.com/arizona_news/trial-set-for-border-volunteer-in-immigrant-harboring-case/article_1d0805a3-f931-5485-bb0e-d4bd2f71effd.html

TUCSON (AP) — A volunteer for a group that tries to prevent immigrants from dying in the Arizona desert is set to go on trial on June 12 on charges that he harbored people in the United States illegally.

Scott Daniel Warren was arrested in January after federal agents conducted surveillance on a building in Ajo where two immigrants were given food, water, beds and clean clothes.

He's a volunteer with the group No More Deaths.
He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

His arrest came after the group released videos of a Border Patrol agent kicking over water jugs meant for immigrants and of another agent pouring water on the ground.

Immigrants who sneak into the United States through the desert face many dangers, including walking for days in scorching heat.

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Hereford man endangers ten in failed human smuggling attempt
Tuesday, March 27th 2018, 5:27 pm MST
Tuesday, March 27th 2018, 5:43 pm MST
By Special for Tucson News Now

http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/37823640/hereford-man-endangers-ten-in-failed-human-smuggling-attempt

10 people found hidden inside a trailer being towed by a Hereford, AZ man. (Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection)

WHETSTONE, AZ (Tucson News Now) -
On Monday night, March 26 U.S. Border Patrol agents working at the State Route 90 Immigration Checkpoint in Whetstone arrested a 49-year-old Hereford man, after finding 10 people, all from Mexico, hidden inside a locked trailer he was towing.

An agent working the primary inspection lane referred the driver of a Chevy Suburban for secondary inspection after a CBP canine alerted to the trailer in tow.

In the secondary inspection area, agents could see several people hiding inside the trailer's makeshift enclosure through gaps in the plywood. Agents immediately began removing the straps to open the compartment, free the occupants, and ensure their safety.

Agents had to remove a large bag of cans at the back of the trailer in order to reach the nine men and one woman packed among appliances being hauled in the locked enclosure. The occupants were removed from the compartment, assessed, and provided water by agents.

The driver, a U.S. citizen, was arrested for human smuggling and his vehicle and trailer were seized. The Mexican nationals, ages 18 to 38, were transported to the Willcox Border Patrol Station to be processed for immigration violations.

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