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U.S. NEWS Monday 23 SepteMber 2019

Missing Camp Pendleton Marine found safe at Texas rest stop

RICHLAND, Texas (AP) — las, Navarro County is more pinged Monday night in
A U.S. Marine believed to than 1,100 miles (1,770 ki- Arizona. But a Border Patrol
have left Arizona for Cali- lometers) east of Surprise camera spotted his truck
fornia's Camp Pendleton and in the opposite direc- the next morning traveling
never arrived, but was tion from Camp Pendleton eastbound on Interstate 10
found days later at a Texas in Southern California. near Fort Hancock, Texas,
rest area, unharmed. The statement from Kurt southeast of El Paso.
Lance Cpl. Job Wallace Thomas, the special agent A Surprise police spokes-
was taken into custody Sat- in charge of the NCIS Ma- man had said officers took
urday night by Naval Crimi- rine Corps West field of- a report and turned the
nal Investigative Service fice, did not include details matter over to the Naval
and other law enforce- about how Wallace was Criminal Investigative Ser-
ment officers at a rest area found or what he was do- vice. Thomas' Saturday
in Navarro County, accord- ing. night statement thanked
ing to a NCIS statement cit- Stacy Wallace had said her law enforcement partners
ed by The San Diego Union- son loved the Marines and in Texas, Arizona and on
Tribune. was excited to get back to the federal level "for their
The 20-year-old had last Camp Pendleton, having aid in bringing this to a safe This Sept. 2019 photo released by Stacy Wallace shows her son,
Job Wallace, in Oceanside, Calif.
been seen leaving a been recently promoted. resolution."q Associated Press
friend's house in Surprise, "He got into several colleg-
Arizona, on Monday night, es and missed scholarship
his mother, Stacy Wallace, opportunities just so that
said. He was due back at he could be a Marine, be-
Camp Pendleton after a cause he felt it was his duty
three-day leave that took to serve his country," Wal-
him home to the suburbs lace said. Wallace's moth-
west of Phoenix and a er had said law enforce-
camping trip. ment officials told her that
About an hour south of Dal- her son's phone was last
53 people illegally

in U.S. found in

tractor-trailer in Texas

LAREDO, Texas (AP) — dor and Honduras, and the
The U.S. Border Patrol says driver, who is a U.S. citizen,
agents at a checkpoint in were arrested and pro-
Texas found 53 migrants cessed. The Border Patrol
who had entered the says the temperature inside
country illegally hiding in the trailer was 105 degrees
the back of a sweltering Fahrenheit (41 degrees
tractor-trailer. The Border Celsius). Officials say those
Patrol said Friday that the on board were evaluated
migrants were found Tues- and no one required medi-
day during a search of the cal attention.On Sept. 11, a
truck at a checkpoint on U.S. citizen was arrested in
Interstate 35 north of Lar- Arizona after 31 Mexicans
edo. The migrants, who who were illegally in the
were from Mexico, Ecua- U.S. were found in the trac-
dor, Guatemala, El Salva- tor-trailer he was driving.q