Crazy Video Captures 14 Illegal Immigrants Piling Out of Single SUV During Traffic Stop

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When Sgt. Cody Palmer of the Canadian County, Ok., Sheriff's Department on Tuesday pulled over a Chevrolet Trailblazer for tailgating, he got a little more than he bargained for.

"I'm driving eastbound on I-40," Sgt. Palmer told Fox 25, explaining why he pulled over the tailgating SUV. "He's so close, he's less than a car-length's distance."

"I go up and start talking to him, ask him for his license, insurance, everything," Sgt. Palmer added. "He tells me he does not have an American license and he doesn't have his passport.”

The driver, Jose Mascarena-Ayala, told Sgt. Palmer that he and his passengers had just finished a roofing job and that they were on their way back to Alabama. However, as noted by the police officer, there were no tools in the vehicle.

"They just appeared to be … terrified,” the office recalls.

It wasn’t until he ordered everyone to step out of the vehicle for a mandatory search that he realized how many occupants were squeezed in there.

"There was no luggage. There were bottles of urine in the back where literally they just go to the bathroom in these big jugs and they just keep driving down the road," said Sgt. Palmer.

Once the search was finished, the officer ordered everyone back into the vehicle because, he says, it was unsafe for that many people to mill about the side of the highway. Once they were all re-loaded, Sgt. Palmer took Mascarena-Ayala back to his squad car to fill out some paperwork while they waited for immigration services to arrive.

That’s when the 13 passengers decided to head for the hills. Literally.

"They just scattered. 13 people running across the Interstate in front of cars (that were going) 70 -- 80-miles-an-hour," said Sgt. Palmer. "The driver takes off running from me. He gets out of my car and takes off running."

Authorities eventually tracked down and apprehended 13 of the fleeing occupants, each one in the U.S. illegally, including Mascarena-Ayala. One passenger is still at large.

"People picture the U.S. -- Mexico border as being this big, secure fence ... and truly, it's not," said Sgt. Palmer. "It is literally in our backyard and it's happening right here in Oklahoma. We're going to start seeing a lot more of this."

As it turns out, Jose Mascarena-Ayala has been banned from the U.S. for -- you guessed it -- human trafficking. This latest episode adds another 13 counts to his already sizable record.

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