Over the years, people have tried some unusual ways to smuggle drugs and people across the U.S.-Mexico border , as photos from U.S. Customs and Border Patrol show.
Border agents find a man hidden under an elaborate camouflage of five-gallon buckets filled with tools. The man’s face has been blurred by Customs and Border Protection in this photo.(December 15, 2010)
Agents find woman in a modified gas tank of a Ford Mustang.(November 6, 2010)
Two people hidden in the engine compartment of a van
Illegal immigrants found compartments in the floor of a car
An illegal immigrant hidden behind the back seat of a passenger car
A man is discovered sewn into the upholstery of a van seat
A woman was discovered hidden in the side panel of a car
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer inspected the 2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer driven by a 37-year-old man Pueblo, Colorado. Agents said when the officer lifted the carpet covering the rear non-factory floor compartment a 31-year-old man and woman, 19, were found. Both were Mexican citizens without the proper documents to enter the United States.(October 26, 2010)
In June 2009, Border Patrol agents discovered 73 illegal immigrants crammed in the back of a tractor trailer , when the truck stopped for inspection at the Pine Valley checkpoint on Interstate 8.
