
(Deming) – Border Patrol agents working in southwestern New Mexico apprehended 12 immigrants believed to have entered the country illegally.
The Border Patrol says agents working near Hachita responded to sensor activity and spotted a pickup truck traveling north on State Route 81l.
They stopped the vehicle and found four people trying to hide in the bed of the truck and eight more people trying to hide under blankets in the cab. The truck was seized.
Crime Report
(Deming) – Here’s the area crime report:
Alicia Holguin, age 23, was arrested on a Magistrate warrant for larceny and conspiracy… Dewey Lackey, age 49, was arrested for failing to register as a sex offender… Christine Asay, age 45, was charged with shoplifting at Wal-Mart… and Allen Ballinas, age 45, was cited for a stop-sign violation following a property-damage accident near Dona Ana and McCan.
Also… a utility pole and fence were damaged off Highway 549 Southeast… and numerous mailboxes were knocked down in the 500 block of East Fourth Street.