As for drugs, the INS has the same 10% of idiots that every agency has, but those idiots are moving drugs, not illegals.
SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, Chiapas - The U.S. Coastguard on Monday detained a boatload of 150 undocumented Ecuadorians on their way to the United States, the second since Friday, Mexican federal authorities said.
Authorities at the Puerto Madero Naval Station in southern Mexico said the migrants onboard the Popeye 1 - which was caught in the Pacific Ocean just off the southernmost state of Chiapas - were transferred to the naval base and placed under the custody of the National Migration Institute and federal police.
Eight immigrant smugglers were arrested and will face charges before a judge in San Cristobal de las Casas district court.
Last Friday, U.S. Coastguard officers stopped the Ecuadorian boat Licenciado Popeye and found 210 United States-bound migrants onboard, who were also taken to the naval base at Puerto Madero.
The detainment of the several hundred Ecuadorian citizens prompted a visit to the base by Ecuador's Consul General to Mexico, Guadalupe Moreno, to assess the migrant's condition.
Ecuador's embassy in Mexico has requested the immediate repatriation of the detainess, citing ill health and the horrible conditions in which the migrants were traveling.
The U.S. embassy in Mexico City will cover all detainment and possible deportation costs.