Officers of the Mexicali Police Department rescued 17 international migrants who were abandoned before crossing the border.

The 17, 13 men and 4 women, were found Saturday morning in a truck disguised to look like a U. S. Border Patrol vehicle, west of Mexicali, near the international border. The pick-up was apparently abandoned by the smuggler and the 17 were left behind in heat that hit 115 degrees that day. Smugglers have used "cloned" vehicles in the past including IID, Border Patrol and construction company trucks.