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Twelve illegal aliens were found locked in the cargo trailer of a big rig.

According to the Border Patrol, the big rig entered the Highway 86 immigration checkpoint near Salton City at about 3:40 p.m. Tuesday. A canine detection team alerted to the cargo area where agents discovered 12 illegal aliens locked inside with no way to get themselves out. The 12 , 10 men and 2 women , were returned to Mexico while the 36-year old driver  , an illegal alien from Mexico , was arrested for alien smuggling.