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Feds Question Suspected Illegal Immigrants NewsMax.com WiresDALLAS -- A group of suspected illegal immigrants was being questioned early Tuesday after federal officials forced their single-engine plane to land at an airport in San Antonio. The Cessna carried at least four suspected illegal immigrants who were detained along with the craft's pilot by homeland security officials in connection with a possible smuggling operation, according to newspaper and broadcast reports. Story Continues Below ``They brought a plane down. They are holding it,'' a San Antonio Police Department dispatcher, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told The Associated Press. ``They asked us to assist them. The FBI is handling it now.'' Representatives of the Homeland Security Department, FBI and Federal Aviation Administration did not return telephone calls early Tuesday from the AP. Capt. Jeff Humphrey, San Antonio police special operations commander, told the San Antonio Express-News in Tuesday's editions that the five suspects were under investigation in connection with a smuggling operation involving Chinese nationals. The newspaper said the five had been flying in a single-engine Cessna 172P south of San Antonio when they were intercepted and ordered to land just before 10 p.m. Monday at Stinson Municipal Airport. Federal agents and San Antonio police surrounded the plane after it landed. Federal authorities said the plane was flying in American airspace illegally and that those aboard the craft appeared to be Chinese, according to San Antonio television and radio station WOAI. The Express-News said federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials asked for backup from San Antonio police, who provided a Chinese linguist to translate for the two male and two female passengers. © 2005 The Associated Press
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