Border Patrol agents have arrested 49 alleged illegal immigrants who were discovered being smuggled into the U.S. inside the tank of a water truck.
Border Patrol officials say the people were discovered Friday after an agent spotted the water truck in an area near San Diego known as "Smuggler’s Gulch."
Spokesman Daryl Reed says agents chased the truck on Interstate 5 before the driver pulled over and ran off. The man was arrested later. His name has not been released.
Reed says some of the people inside the tank were suffering dehydration.
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