Runaways

Courtney Keeton
IGS 233B
6th Blog
Crime
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My article this week comes from the Mexico/California border. Three minors from Mexico were arrested in California on suspicion of smuggling drugs across the border. While under arrest and still in handcuffs, the boy stole the car in which they were being detained and headed back across the border to Mexico.
The boys were originally pulled over, as I mentioned, for suspicion of smuggling marijuana across the border. When the officer stopped them to investigate, he left his car running, keys in the ignition, while he arrested them. With the police car still running, he put all three boys in the car while he searched their vehicle for the alleged drugs. One of them grabbed the steering wheel and “high-tailed” it back to Mexico. When the border patrol confirmed that the car was in fact stolen, the Mexican police used helicopters to search for the car and the thieves. According to the article, the car was the only thing found in a small, remote, town in Mexico near the border.
Although there isn’t really an ending to this article, at this point I would assume that the boys are still running. It’s just funny to me that the officer would arrest them and then put them into a car with the keys still in the ignition. What made him think that because they smuggled drugs they wouldn’t steal a cop car. I hope justice is served in both illegal actions the boys were involved in, but more importantly, I hope that cop learns from his mistake and thinks of what people in desperation will do.