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'Suffocating' African boy rescued from inside dashboard
11/12/2017
A 12-YEAR-OLD African boy was rescued in the nick of time after border guards found him hidden inside the dashboard of a car crossing the frontier from Morocco to Spain.
The child, who said he was from Guinea-Conakry but did not have any ID, was sweating profusely, swollen up and disoriented, and his breathing was said to be shallow.
He is likely to have suffocated or suffered fatal heatstroke if he had been inside the dashboard for much longer.
Guardia Civil officers at the Beni-Enzar land border with the Spanish-owned enclave of Melilla on the coast, close to the Algerian border, use sophisticated detectors on cars entering from Morocco, which enabled them to pick up the faint sound of breathing and heartbeat.
The vehicle was said to be a top-of-the-range make and model, and police say it is rare to see such cars used for human-trafficking operations.
They arrested the driver, a 65-year-old Moroccan national, and the young victim was taken to a children's home in Melilla.
A Guardia Civil spokesperson said: “These mafias never tire in their efforts to find new modus operandi with the sole and despicable aim of trafficking human beings in exchange for financial gain.”
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A 12-YEAR-OLD African boy was rescued in the nick of time after border guards found him hidden inside the dashboard of a car crossing the frontier from Morocco to Spain.
The child, who said he was from Guinea-Conakry but did not have any ID, was sweating profusely, swollen up and disoriented, and his breathing was said to be shallow.
He is likely to have suffocated or suffered fatal heatstroke if he had been inside the dashboard for much longer.
Guardia Civil officers at the Beni-Enzar land border with the Spanish-owned enclave of Melilla on the coast, close to the Algerian border, use sophisticated detectors on cars entering from Morocco, which enabled them to pick up the faint sound of breathing and heartbeat.
The vehicle was said to be a top-of-the-range make and model, and police say it is rare to see such cars used for human-trafficking operations.
They arrested the driver, a 65-year-old Moroccan national, and the young victim was taken to a children's home in Melilla.
A Guardia Civil spokesperson said: “These mafias never tire in their efforts to find new modus operandi with the sole and despicable aim of trafficking human beings in exchange for financial gain.”
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