New post on Fellowship of the Minds |  | These dramatic pics were taken by U.S. Immigration officers at the U.S.-Mexican border.     
The UK's Daily Mail reports, Feb. 3, 2012, that customs officers have arrested five men in connection with a people-smuggling ring that used vehicles adapted with ingenious secret compartments to smuggle over 1,000 of illegals into the US. Illegal migrants paid between $2,000 and $4,000 dollars to cram themselves into tiny spaces next to V8 engines or to be locked into the trunks of cars during some of the hottest times of the year. In an attempt not to arouse suspicion, the gang used non-Spanish-speaking blacks recruited from poor areas of Los Angeles to drive the vehicles across the border near San Diego. The drivers' inability to communicate with the immigrants also meant they had limited information about the broader smuggling scheme. The drivers were paid between $300 and $800 for each of the dozens of people they smuggled across the border. Once the illegals were smuggled across the border, they were picked up and transported to Los Angeles. Immigration officials began investigating in January 2010 when border patrol agents reported seeing a rising number of African-American drivers with illegal immigrants hidden in the trunks of their cars. +++ Also a "good" way to smuggle terrorists into the U.S.! | | | |
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