CALEXICO – U.S. Border Patrol agents’ observations led Mexican authorities to a cloned U.S. Border Patrol truck near Mexicali Saturday morning, July 22.At approximately 6:15 a.m., El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents observed an individual cutting the steel international boundary fence, nearly five miles from the Calexico Port of Entry. This observation was relayed to the El Centro Sector Foreign Operations Branch, which notified Mexican authorities. When authorities arrived on scene, they discovered the cloned truck, along with 17 individuals who Border Patrol suspects would soon have been smuggled across the border.Transnational criminal organizations profit by going to great lengths to smuggle people and contraband into the United States. Impersonating law enforcement offic
