http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/03/05/news/state/17_22_493_3_06.txt
"LOS ANGELES -- Authorities raided a squalid house Friday, capturing 70 illegal immigrants and four suspected smugglers believed to have been holding migrants hostage while awaiting payment.
Federal agents and a sheriff's SWAT team entered the home before dawn, setting off flash-bang grenades to stun any smugglers inside.
Packed into the grimy one-story bungalow were 70 people from El Salvador, Nicaragua, Ecuador and Mexico. Some slept 20 to a room, authorities said.
"It was squalor, absolute squalor. Bug infestations, trash on the floor," said Frank Johnston, an agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The house had bars on the windows and a surveillance camera to monitor the outside, Johnston said. A handgun also was found."
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/03/05/news/state/17_22_493_3_06.txt
2006-09-10
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