Border Patrol finds 31 illegally transported in tractor-trailer hauling tomatoes
A United States man who was hauling tomatoes was arrested last week at the Falfurrias checkpoint after Border Patrol agents found more than just tomatoes in his reefer trailer. He was charged with attempting to smuggle 31 people in the US illegally. They were hiding on top of boxes of tomatoes inside his trailer.
According to a criminal complaint, the driver approached the primary
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