A dozen illegal immigrants tried to evade lawmen from Donley and Gray counties Sunday, March 25, following a routine traffic stop on Interstate 40.
Donley County Sheriff Butch Blackburn said a State Trooper stopped a minivan near the Lake McClellan overpass after 11 a.m., and an altercation occurred between the driver and the officer before the driver and all eleven passengers escaped, fleeing on foot south onto the Matthews Ranch.
Donley County officers and the Gray County Sheriff’s Department joined the search, and the Clarendon Volunteer Fire Department also assisted.
The first suspect was located about 1 p.m., and other suspects were gradually located as the day went by. The driver was apprehended about 11 p.m., and the final six suspects were caught near Howardwick about 7 a.m. Monday morning. The US Immigration & Naturalization Service took custody of all 12 individuals before noon Monday.
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