Congressman’s Son Caught Smuggling Immigrants

“A primary inspection agent approached the truck and saw an individual hiding under a piece of plywood in the bed of the truck.”  

The son of a U.S. http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=2281 Allen Boyd, attempted to drive through a Border Patrol checkpoint in Willcox on Sunday with five illegal immigrants, including a 6-year-old girl.  

In a statement sent Tuesday, Congressman Allen Boyd said, “On September 14, 2008, my 30-year-old son, John Boyd, was arrested in Arizona, and at a preliminary hearing yesterday, he was charged with alien smuggling.”

“This is a http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=5470 that my family and I will be dealing with privately. John is a grown man and must face the consequences for his actions, but he has the love and support of his family,” says the elder Boyd.

A criminal complaint states, “At the primary inspection area, a Border Patrol K-9 alerted to the possible presence of illegal aliens in the bed of the truck. A primary inspection agent approached the truck and saw an individual hiding under a piece of plywood in the bed of the truck.”According to court documents the illegal immigrants said they were to pay Boyd $3,000 each to be smuggled into the United States and transported to their final destination.

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2008-09-18