Syrian national apprehended trying to enter US illegally hiding in a train from Mexico

A 46-year-old Syrian man has been detained for attempting to enter the United States from Mexico illegally by hiding in a train, border protection agents say.

Customs and Border Protection officials report agents apprehended the man last weekend, after a train from Mexico passed through an imaging system at the downtown Calexico port screening center in southern California. “CPB officers noticed an anomaly on the lower side of the commercial railcar,” leading to the compartment on the outside of the train where the man was hiding.