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13 people killed in California SUV crash came through hole in border fence
Updated on: March 3, 2021 / 7:06 PM / AP Migrants smuggled over border before SUV crash
Thirteen people killed in one of the deadliest border crashes on record were among 44 people who entered the U.S. through a hole cut into Southern California s border fence with Mexico, the Border Patrol said Wednesday. Gregory Bovino, the agency s El Centro sector chief, told The Associated Press that surveillance video showed a Ford Expedition and Chevrolet Suburban drive through the opening early Tuesday. It s believed they were part of a migrant smuggling operation.
The Suburban carried 19 people, and it caught fire after entering the U.S. All escaped the vehicle and were taken into custody by Border Patrol agents.
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Authorities are investigating whether human smuggling was involved when an SUV packed with 25 people slammed into a tractor-trailer in a remote California.