A joint immigration task force made up of the Department of Public Safety, Phoenix police and federal immigration agents have discovered a drop house in Avondale.
Department of Public Safety spokesman Bart Graves says 14 suspected illegal immigrants were found in the home. Four suspected human smugglers have been arrested.
Graves says the suspects will likely be booked on charges of human smuggling.
In an unusual twist, the smugglers used close circuit video to monitor their human cargo. Graves says one camera was set up in a room where the immigrants were held. The smugglers would watch their victims from another room in the house.
Graves says the house was heavily fortified to keep the immigrants from escaping. The victims told authorities they were beaten and threatened if they tried to escape.
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