CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Police stopped a U-Haul van containing migrants in Coral Gables Friday morning, taking four suspected smugglers into custody.
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Multiple sources with knowledge of the situation tell Local 10 News that the migrants were smuggled in by boat near the Snapper Creek Bridge and put in the van and a small Toyota.
At least one person called police, who stopped them on South Le Jeune Road near Aurelia Avenue.
Authorities said most of the more than 20 migrants are Chinese. Others are from Ecuador, Brazil and Cuba.
The migrants were put in a Coral Gables trolley to be treated and assessed by officers, including agents with U.S. Border Patrol.
Authorities have not released the identities of the suspected smugglers.