WAVE 3 TV Louisville, KY | State Police Discover 14 Illegal Immigrants In A Minivan
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(SOUTH BEND, Ind.) -- Fourteen illegal immigrants were discovered in a minivan that a state trooper pulled over for speeding on the Indiana Toll Road.
The 11 adults, 10 Mexican nationals and a woman from El Salvador, and three teenagers, two from Mexico and one from El Salvador, were taken into custody by state police Saturday. They have since been turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.
The passengers told police they had not eaten for two days because the minivan driver refused to feed them since they had no money. They said they had paid about $2,000 each to be taken to various locations inside the United States.
The adults were being held Monday at the St. Joseph County Jail. They will be transferred to Chicago and face an immigration judge, said Gail Montenegro, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman. The teens have been placed in the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement, she said.
An immigration judge will decide whether the 14 will be deported. Montenegro said it could be several weeks before they appear before a judge.
(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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