In new tactic, Border Patrol agents target immigrant smuggling 800 miles from border

Friday, January 25, 2008

PEARL, Miss. -- Detective Nick McLendon, on stakeout duty along a dark stretch of eastbound Interstate 20, noticed a red Chevy Suburban with heavily tinted windows and no light over its rear Texas license plate. The missing light gave him all the excuse he needed to pull the sport utility vehicle over.

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