DEMING – U.S. Border Patrol officials said agents found 17 migrants in the back of a rental truck Monday in Luna County near New Mexico's southern border with Mexico.
The Albuquerque Journal reports the migrants and driver were taken to the Deming Border Patrol station after agents stopped the U-Haul truck on State Road 9.
Border Patrol officials said in a statement that agents followed footprints from the border to the highway where the truck was sighted in a remote area near Columbus.
Agents said the truck's cargo area was "sweltering" and its only ventilation was from a two-inch opening.
Officials said the driver remains in custody on suspicion of smuggling. Authorities have not released the name of the driver, who is a U.S. citizen.
The Albuquerque Journal reports the migrants and driver were taken to the Deming Border Patrol station after agents stopped the U-Haul truck on State Road 9.
Border Patrol officials said in a statement that agents followed footprints from the border to the highway where the truck was sighted in a remote area near Columbus.
Agents said the truck's cargo area was "sweltering" and its only ventilation was from a two-inch opening.
Officials said the driver remains in custody on suspicion of smuggling. Authorities have not released the name of the driver, who is a U.S. citizen.
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