{"id":1121526,"date":"2021-12-15T12:44:28","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T17:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1121526"},"modified":"2021-12-15T12:44:31","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T17:44:31","slug":"caught-dead-handed-americans-arrested-smuggling-illegal-aliens-through-border-in-back-of-hearse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/caught-dead-handed-americans-arrested-smuggling-illegal-aliens-through-border-in-back-of-hearse\/","title":{"rendered":"Caught Dead-Handed: Americans Arrested Smuggling Illegal Aliens Through Border In Back Of Hearse"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcaught-dead-handed-americans-arrested-smuggling-illegal-aliens-through-border-in-back-of-hearse%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1121526&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>United States Customs and Border Protection&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/news\/2-arrested-accused-of-attempting-to-smuggle-migrants-inside-hearse-near-arizona-border\">arrested two Americans<\/a> who were caught smuggling six illegal aliens in the back of a hearse across the border into Arizona late Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>The arrests were flagged by Fox News\u2019 Bill Melugin. \u201c[Border] Patrol in Tucson, AZ sector arrested two U.S. citizens they say were using a hearse to smuggle 6 illegal immigrants dressed in camouflage. Driver and passenger both arrested for human smuggling and the hearse was seized,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEW: Last night, Border Patrol in Tucson, AZ sector arrested two U.S. citizens they say were using a hearse to smuggle 6 illegal immigrants dressed in camouflage. Driver and passenger both arrested for human smuggling and the hearse was seized. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FoxNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lPEJ3IjfiB\">pic.twitter.com\/lPEJ3IjfiB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillFOXLA\/status\/1470833890516426757?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For readers who think this is a novel idea, a Los Angeles Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/archives\/la-xpm-1987-10-11-me-13282-story.html\">newspaper article reported<\/a> more than 30 years ago that illegal aliens were attempting the same tactics:<\/p>\n<p><em>[Border patrol agents] say smugglers will go to great lengths to get as many illegal aliens through the checkpoint as they can. Some will make replicas of produce company or furniture store trucks.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Agents not only pull over the suspicious beat-up vans and older cars without license plates. Many an alien has been hidden in the trunk of a Mercedes-Benz. A few years ago, one smuggler attempted to sneak nine illegal aliens through in a limousine\u2013dressing them in tuxedos.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Smugglers will also try to sneak their cargoes through using rental cars, taxis and even hearses. \u201cNot necessarily in a casket, but in a hearse, sure,\u201d Beaumet said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThey\u2019re crafty,\u201d Geer said. \u201cThey will do anything they can to get their stuff through.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>That article was written in October of 1987 and was titled \u201cCheckpoint: Agents Wage Ceaseless War on Smugglers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It also noted that human traffickers were using brutal techniques back then, similar to the ones we often see today:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSmugglers treat people like animals\u201d agent Karl Hofman said. \u201cThey\u2019ll put babies in a 150-degree trunk, but that\u2019s just the half of it, the tip of the iceberg. When they go to the load houses (where newly arrived illegals are held), they\u2019re enslaved until they pay. If the money doesn\u2019t show up, guess who\u2019s getting beat up or raped?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cNow that\u2019s reading between the lines\u2013what happens to these people. They (smugglers) are in it for the money, and I think that bothers a lot of Border Patrol agents. That\u2019s the human side of it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Just last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.borderreport.com\/regions\/mexico\/update-55-die-in-horror-crash-of-truck-smuggling-migrants-in-mexico\/\">dozens of migrants<\/a> died in the back of a tractor-trailer traveling through Mexico by smugglers, seemingly heading towards the American border:<\/p>\n<p><em>Rescue workers rushing to a highway accident found a horrific scene of death and injury after a freight truck jammed with as many as 200 migrants tipped over and crashed into the base of a steel pedestrian bridge in southern Mexico.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The migrants inside the cargo trailer were flipped, tossed and crushed into a pile that mingled the living and the dead.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>By Friday, the death toll stood at 55, and authorities said at least 54 people had been injured. It was one of the worst single-day death tolls for migrants in Mexico since the 2010 massacre of 72 migrants by the Zetas drug cartel in the northern state of Tamaulipas.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In 2021, that \u201cwar on smugglers\u201d is still ongoing despite numerous promises by every presidential president since to secure the southern border. While President Donald J. Trump arguably had the most success against smugglers in decades via several policies such as the \u201cRemain in Mexico\u201d program, President Joe Biden quickly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/human-smugglers-are-using-bidens-border-incompetence-and-social-media-to-find-their-next-victims\">ushered in a new border crisis<\/a> by removing many policies instituted under the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>While a court has since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/mexico-and-biden-administration-reach-agreement-to-re-establish-trumps-remain-in-mexico-policy\">ruled<\/a> that the \u201cRemain in Mexico\u201d policy must return, the Biden administration seems oblivious to the border crisis at hand and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/miranda-devine-kamala-harris-border-crisis-office-decor\"> lacking a sense of urgency<\/a> to address the problem.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United States Customs and Border Protection\u00a0arrested two Americans who were caught smuggling six illegal aliens in the back of a hearse across the border into Arizona late Monday night.The arrests were flagged by Fox News\u2019 Bill Melugin. \u201c[Border] Patrol in Tucson, AZ sector arrested two U.S. citizens they say were using a hearse to smuggle 6 illegal immigrants dressed in camouflage. Driver and passenger both arrested for human smuggling and the hearse was seized,\u201d he said.NEW: Last night, Border Patrol in Tucson, AZ sector arrested two U.S. citizens they say were using a hearse to smuggle 6 illegal immigrants dressed in camouflage. Driver and passenger both arrested for human smuggling and the hearse was seized. @FoxNews pic.twitter.com\/lPEJ3IjfiB\u2014 Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) December 14, 2021For readers who think this is a novel idea, a Los Angeles Times newspaper article reported more than 30 years ago that illegal aliens were attempting the same tactics:[Border patrol agents] say smugglers will go to great lengths to get as many illegal aliens through the checkpoint as they can. Some will make replicas of produce company or furniture store trucks.Agents not only pull over the suspicious beat-up vans and older cars without license plates. Many an alien has been hidden in the trunk of a Mercedes-Benz. A few years ago, one smuggler attempted to sneak nine illegal aliens through in a limousine\u2013dressing them in tuxedos.Smugglers will also try to sneak their cargoes through using rental cars, taxis and even hearses. \u201cNot necessarily in a casket, but in a hearse, sure,\u201d Beaumet said.\u201cThey\u2019re crafty,\u201d Geer said. \u201cThey will do anything they can to get their stuff through.\u201dThat article was written in October of 1987 and was titled \u201cCheckpoint: Agents Wage Ceaseless War on Smugglers.\u201dIt also noted that human traffickers were using brutal techniques back then, similar to the ones we often see today:\u201cSmugglers treat people like animals\u201d agent Karl Hofman said. \u201cThey\u2019ll put babies in a 150-degree trunk, but that\u2019s just the half of it, the tip of the iceberg. When they go to the load houses (where newly arrived illegals are held), they\u2019re enslaved until they pay. If the money doesn\u2019t show up, guess who\u2019s getting beat up or raped?\u201cNow that\u2019s reading between the lines\u2013what happens to these people. They (smugglers) are in it for the money, and I think that bothers a lot of Border Patrol agents. That\u2019s the human side of it.\u201dJust last week, dozens of migrants died in the back of a tractor-trailer traveling through Mexico by smugglers, seemingly heading towards the American border:Rescue workers rushing to a highway accident found a horrific scene of death and injury after a freight truck jammed with as many as 200 migrants tipped over and crashed into the base of a steel pedestrian bridge in southern Mexico.The migrants inside the cargo trailer were flipped, tossed and crushed into a pile that mingled the living and the dead.By Friday, the death toll stood at 55, and authorities said at least 54 people had been injured. It was one of the worst single-day death tolls for migrants in Mexico since the 2010 massacre of 72 migrants by the Zetas drug cartel in the northern state of Tamaulipas.In 2021, that \u201cwar on smugglers\u201d is still ongoing despite numerous promises by every presidential president since to secure the southern border. While President Donald J. Trump arguably had the most success against smugglers in decades via several policies such as the \u201cRemain in Mexico\u201d program, President Joe Biden quickly ushered in a new border crisis by removing many policies instituted under the Trump administration.While a court has since ruled that the \u201cRemain in Mexico\u201d policy must return, the Biden administration seems oblivious to the border crisis at hand and lacking a sense of urgency to address the problem.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1121526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1121526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1121526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1121526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1121526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1121526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1121526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}