Overview
- CBP officers at the San Ysidro Port of Entry found a Mexican national inside a modified gas tank after a canine alert on February 27.
- The person suffered burn injuries and was taken to Scripps Mercy Hospital in Chula Vista for treatment.
- Officers arrested the 20-year-old driver of a 2005 GMC SUV and booked him into the Metropolitan Correctional Center in San Diego.
- CBP says federal prosecutors are expected to file smuggling charges, and the rescued individual remains under medical supervision before immigration processing.
- CBP indicated it will expand canine sweeps at the port to disrupt similar high-risk concealments.