30 illegal immigrants found in fake Border Patrol van

[Drew27k9]

Thirty undocumented workers were found in a vehicle that had been made up to look like a U.S. Border Patrol transport van, authorities said.

The vehicle was seized Wednesday near San Miguel on the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation about 70 miles southwest of Tucson.

The van had horizontal green stripes along the sides, Border Patrol emblems on its doors and the words "Border Patrol" written across the rear.

Border Patrol agents assigned to the Casa Grande station came in contact with the van while responding to activity in the area.

After seeing the agents, the driver turned the van around and tried to return to Mexico.

Authorities said the male driver abandoned the van about 100 yards from the border and sprinted into Mexico, leaving behind the 30 illegal immigrants.

All 30 were taken to the law-enforcement center on the reservation and processed for illegally entering the United States

http://www.abc15.com/news/index.asp?did=30430

[RT302]

Only 30 in the van?? They should try harder!!!;)

[North Patrol]

You sure the driver wasn't an Agent and didn't want to get in trouble for doing his job? :D

[Creeker]

They should'a just put a driver in it and comandeered it.

I'll bet they got the stickers from the DHS boy wonder in NYC :D

The worrysome thing is that they didn't say that the BP guys already knew it was a bogus van... the fleeing the scene appears to have been the tip-off. How many bogus ones are already in use, and are they only BP vehicles?

We can extrapolate all kinds of wild theories from this... :mad:

[Red Hand]

30 illegal immigrants found in fake Border Patrol van

Maybe the illegal immigrants were fake as well ! :D

I keep having this dream where Amnesty International, Travellers Rights and The Irish Civil Libertarians join hands and produce a reality T.V. show like PUNK'D, YOU HAVE BEEN FRAMED or JACKASS .... my mind has begun to boggle and is in meltdown mode at this very minute !:eek:

[binky94]

gotta love the ingeniuty of the criminal mind................JOB SECURITY for me

[chewy]

Not the first time though is it!? I remember a couple years ago when the stopped a "Border Patrol" vehicle that looked fairly close and had a bunch of dope in it. I think it looked very good except it has some old POS light bar. I guess not all the smugglers are idiots.

[RT302]

Not the first time though is it!? I remember a couple years ago when the stopped a "Border Patrol" vehicle that looked fairly close and had a bunch of dope in it. I think it looked very good except it has some old POS light bar. I guess not all the smugglers are idiots.

I thought I heard of one once where it looked legit, but they mis-spelled PATROL;)

[highwayman]

Only 30 in the van?? They should try harder!!!;)

I was wondering that myself.
Did they find the ones stuffed in the double gas tank? :D