Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents working at the Interstate 19 checkpoint stopped a smuggling attempt in May 2015, in which three people were found hidden in the trunk of a car.

Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents working at the Interstate 19 checkpoint stopped a smuggling attempt in which three people were found hidden in the trunk of a car.

On April 29, Border Patrol agents at the I-19 checkpoint sent the driver of a Hyundai Sonata to secondary inspection, according to a news release from Customs and Border Protection.

Instead of stopping, the vehicle fled at a high rate of speed. The driver eventually pulled over and agents discovered three individuals inside the vehicle’s trunk, the agency said.


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