6 Suspected Illegal Immigrants Arrested
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Six suspected illegal immigrants were arrested this week after taking off from Fullerton Airport in a small plane that was forced to make an emergency landing at an Air Force base in New Mexico, authorities said.
Those aboard -- the pilot, another man, two women and 12-year-old twins, all with Brazilian passports -- were transferred to U.S. Border Patrol custody.
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