EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A federal grand jury has indicted the driver of a Chevrolet Camaro that drove into an Indian reservation, picked up several migrants and crashed while speeding away from authorities.
Jurors on Wednesday charged Joshua Benjamin Clarke with conspiracy and transportation of illegal aliens for profit in connection with the Feb. 11 event in and around the Tohono O’odham Nation in southern Arizona.
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Border Patrol agents noticed the dark-colored Camaro cramped with six occupants moving away from the U.S.-Mexico border on a stretch of State Route 86. They attempted to stop the vehicle for an immigration inspection, but the driver failed to yield.
Court records show border agents initiated a pursuit but “were unable to keep up” with the Camaro. They pulled back and called for air support. A helicopter crew spotted five passengers who had exited the vehicle when the driver let them out at a gas station and reportedly continued its flight…