HIGHGATE, Vt. -- The U.S. Border Patrol says a North Carolina woman is facing charges for transporting people into the United States who didn't have permission to be in the country.
A complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Burlington says Border Patrol agents were alerted early Sunday that six people had walked into the United States from Canada in Highgate, Vermont.
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Agents spotted an SUV driven by 31-year-old Carmen Melari Ferrufino Perdomo, of Charlotte, North Carolina, a U.S. citizen originally from Honduras. It's unclear if she has an attorney.
In the car were six Mexican citizens who told investigators they had crossed into the United States that night.
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The Border Patrol says the area where the group was first spotted has seen multiple smuggling events in the past few weeks.
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