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Traffic Stop Ends in Arrest of Illegal Immigrants

Updated Friday, August 03, 2012

Written By: Renata Stiehl

Traffic Stop Ends in Arrest of Illegal Immigrants

     CHEMUNG COUNTY, NY (WENY) -- A traffic stop in Chemung County ended in the arrest of two illegal immigrants.
      Chemung County sheriff's deputies stopped a U-Haul on County Route 64, when deputies noticed four people sitting in the front seat of a truck with only three seatbelts. The deputies identified 44-year-old Luis Mendoza and 31-year-old Villaneuva EutiquIo as illegal immigrants.
      They were arrested and turned over to Border Patrol agents.