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OTAY MESA, Calif. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers pulled an undocumented man from inside a shipment of paper scrap Tuesday at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry.
The driver of tractor hauling a shipment of recycling paper scrap across the U.S.-Mexico border Tuesday at 7 a.m. was required to undergo further examination, CBP spokeswoman Angelica De Cima said.
Officers discovered an anomaly within the bundles of paper which lead to them finding an 33-year-old Mexican man hiding inside the shipment, according to De Cima.
He was taken into custody and was expected to be sent back to Mexico.
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