A man who allegedly told police he was being paid $1,000 to drive eight people without passports to Denver has been arrested in Utah for investigation of human smuggling.
CEDAR CITY — A man driving an SUV that contained passengers without passports, allegedly looking to find work in Denver, has been arrested in Utah for investigation of human smuggling.About 1 a.m., a Utah Highway Patrol trooper pulled over an SUV on Interstate 15 in Cedar City for a traffic violation, according to a police booking affidavit,
Eight people plus Pastor were in the vehicle. The trooper found Pastor in the front passenger seat. He told the trooper that he should have been driving but one of the other passengers offered to help, the affidavit states. "I asked the passenger who the driver was to him and he said his friend, but didn't know his name," the trooper wrote in the affidavit.
Upon further questioning, the trooper learned that Pastor was on his way to Denver because his passengers "wanted to work and didn't have passports. Pascual admitted that he was getting paid $1,000 to drive the occupants and that it was his second or third trip performing such an activity. He also told me that his friend had set him up with the people to be transported and provided approximately $800 for fuel and expenses for the people being smuggled.
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