Guardia Civil Uncovers Hidden Migrant in Car at Spanish-Moroccan Border

According to El Faro de Melilla, the occupants of the car, a Moroccan couple aged 23 and 32, would have shown signs of nervousness during the check, making them suspicious. This of course prompted the Guardia Civil agents to subject the car, a Peugeot 407 registered in Morocco, to a more thorough check, in particular a "person detection system, known as the ’heart rate detection machine’".

And there was indeed a person inside: a 20-year-old young man from Conakry, Guinea. The young man was even in distress according to the same media: "The assisted person showed obvious symptoms of sweating, numbness and difficulty walking, exposed to high temperatures and toxic gases expelled by the vehicle," this area being just next to the vehicle’s engine.

The Moroccan couple, accused of "offense against the rights of foreign citizens," will be brought to justice. As for the illegal immigration candidate, he was transferred to the Temporary Stay Center for Immigrants.