Three men—two U.S. citizens, Uriel Perez and Jovani Sanchez, and a Mexican national, Keven Valdez Ramirez—are set to be arraigned this week for allegedly smuggling 24 migrants using a "cloned" Border Patrol K-9 vehicle. A federal indictment filed in Arizona accuses them of transporting migrants from a breach in the border wall near Andrade, California, to a home in Yuma, Arizona.
Court documents reveal that the smuggling operation involved a white Ford F-150 truck modified to resemble a legitimate Border Patrol K-9 unit, complete with matching license plates. The driver also allegedly wore a dark green uniform similar to that of Border Patrol agents. Authorities suspect this vehicle was also used in a previous smuggling attempt in December.
