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Chilli reception awaits pickled immigrant caught red-handed

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Mon, 09 Sep, 2013 - 01:00

US Customs and Border Protection officers working at a New Mexico border checkpoint said the man was discovered face-down among a commercial load of the spicy stuff.

Columbus Port Director Robert Reza said next to the “highly intoxicated” 35-year-old was a bottle of tequila.

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