Phoenix Police Discovers 51 Guatemalans

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PHOENIX (GaeaTimes.com)- On Tuesday, the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) officials found around 51 people in a drop house in southwest Phoenix. The authorities said that the people found inside the drop house included 44 males and seven females out of which at least six children are said to aged below 12 years. All the people found are said to be Guatemalan citizens. The spokesman of the DPS, Brat Graves has revealed to media sources that the Phoenix Police has taken two suspects in custody for questioning.

The people inside the drop house were found to be thirsty but in good shape. It is still not known for how long the group was staying in the drop house but the authorities said to media sources that they believe they were paying something between $2,500 and $7,000 per person to the smugglers for staying there. Brat Graves the spokesman of the DPS said to media sources that the discovery of the drop house was made after the Phoenix Police got suspicious of a pickup truck that had a large piece of plywood in the truck bed.

Brat Graves said that the Phoenix police followed the Chevrolet pickup truck after it noticed the suspicious plywood in the truck bed that is often used by smugglers to hide illegal immigrants in truck beds. The truck was heading to a house in the southwest Phoenix neighborhood near the Lower Buckeye Road. According to reports, when the police stopped the truck the driver along with another occupant tried to escape on foot but were caught by the Phoenix Police. The police are now investigating whether the group had some kind of connection with the smugglers.