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Illegal immigrants charged in Nike shoe heist as cartels rob US cargo trains
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Illegal immigrants charged in Nike shoe heist as cartels rob US cargo trains

Two illegal immigrants were arrested for allegedly stealing Nike sneakers from cargo trains in Arizona

Two people are behind bars after the latest arrests of suspected thieves from Mexico allegedly nabbing millions of dollars of Nike sneakers in elaborate railroad heists in the Mojave Desert. On March 27, the Hualapai Nation Police Department in Arizona pulled over the driver of a maroon Chevy Tahoe "suspected to be involved in train robberies in the area," according to a statement from the agency

As officers conducted the traffic stop, eight people jumped out of the car and fled. Police said they located stolen Nike shoes nearby, and the driver of the vehicle, a man from Mexico, was arrested.

 

During the investigation, police pulled over a woman driving a white Toyota 4Runner for failing to yield to an emergency vehicle. Upon approaching that vehicle, officers "observed evidence of criminal activity" also linked to the train robberies, according to police. Trump admin reveals list of cartels and gangs to be designated terrorist organizations

The woman was ordered out of the vehicle by officers, and, despite initially complying, she reentered the vehicle and sped away, police said. As she attempted to evade authorities, she allegedly struck a patrol officer, who was not injured. The woman dodged police for approximately 80 miles before losing control of her vehicle in a construction zone and smashing into a guardrail near the Arizona-California border, police said. She was ejected from the vehicle and transported to a hospital with minor injuries.Both suspects were in the U.S. illegally and have been booked into the Mohave County Adult Detention Center... The heist comes as authorities have seen a rise in railroad heists targeting Nike shoes between California and Arizona over the past two years.  In February, a grand jury returned an indictment against 11 defendants, including nine illegal immigrants, from a theft of Nike merchandise being shipped through northern Arizona, according to the Department of Justice. 

Authorities said the Sinaloa Cartel stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in Nike shoes from a moving BNSF train in Arizona in January.

 

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