NELSON/BOTTINEAU COUNTIES, N.D. (KFGO) – A traffic stop in Nelson County in northeastern North Dakota resulted in the arrests of several illegal immigrants in Bottineau County in north-central North Dakota.
The Nelson County Sheriff’s Office says a deputy stopped a pickup for speeding on US Highway 2 Saturday. The driver, 38-year-old Rafael Reynoldo, did not have a driver’s license and failed DUI tests. A purse belonging to 49-year-old Petrona Manzur had a fake ID card and fake social security card, both in Mendoza’s name.
A search of the car turned up a machete hidden under the back seat, drugs and drug paraphernalia, and open alcohol containers. Reynoldo, Manzur, and another passenger, 31-year-old Jose Sanchez, were arrested and taken to the jail in Devils Lake. All were living in the St. Louis, Missouri area.
Reynoldo is charged with felony counterfeiting, DUI, and possession of a fake ID. Manzur is charged with counterfeiting, carrying a concealed weapon, and possession of a fake ID. Sanchez is charged with giving a false report to law enforcement and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Officers learned the three were all in the U.S. illegally, and were on their way to a hotel on Lake Metigoshe to pick up more illegal immigrants and bring them back to the St. Louis metro. Border Patrol agents went to the hotel, and arrested a half-dozen illegal immigrants, according to court documents.
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