Salvador Larios-Mendez v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

A United States border patrol officer, patrolling an area of Arizona close to the international border, stopped an automobile driven by Salvador Larios-Mendez, the petitioner, on April 18, 1975. The officer questioned the petitioner about his immigration status. The petitioner presented documentation showing he was an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence.

The officer then questioned the two passengers who were in the car with petitioner. Initially they told him they were born in Yuma, but after a few more questions the female passenger admitted that she and her brother, the other passenger, were citizens of Mexico. They did not have documents to prove lawful entry into the United States. The officer arrested the illegal aliens and asked petitioner to follow him to the station. At the border patrol station the alien passengers and the petitioner were given Miranda warnings. Statements were taken from all three which incriminated petitioner. The statements, taken in the form of affidavits, were to the effect that the petitioner had met the alien passengers at a hotel in Mexico; that he received a total of $440 from them and then took them to a point at the border where…