Border Patrol authorities at California's San Ysidro Port of Entry intercepted a pickup truck trying to smuggle eight migrants in its bed. Among those trying to make it into the United States were three Chinese nationals who allegedly paid dozens of thousands of dollars to human smugglers just to cross the border.
Earlier in March, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the San Diego border crossing conducted a surprise sweep with a K-9. Once the dog alerted officers of a suspicious black Ford pickup truck with California license plates, officers called for the Anti-Terrorism Contraband Enforcement team, who pried open a cover on the bed of the pickup truck and found eight people hiding under it.
