14 People Found in Vehicle on Missouri Highway; ICE Contacted

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent during an operation in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., on April 11, 2018. Missouri officials detained more than a dozen people who were found in a vehicle near Eureka on Aug. 2, according to local reports.(John Moore/Getty Images)

Missouri officials detained more than a dozen people who were found in a vehicle near Eureka on Aug. 2, according to local reports.

KSDK reported that 13 people were seen in handcuffs near Interstate 44 near Six Flags Road at around 9 a.m. KMOV reported that 14 were detained in all.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol told KSDK that they’re illegal immigrants and couldn’t provide paperwork.

According to KMOV, 11 of the people—10 men and one woman—who remained in the van were transported to the Eureka Police Department, and they were eventually taken to an undisclosed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility.

It is unclear why police initially stopped the vehicle. After police stopped the vehicle, two people fled the scene into a nearby forested area.

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At around 10 a.m., police found one of the men that fled, KSDK said. At 11:30 a.m., troopers were searching for the other person who fled the van, KMOV reported.

“While assisting Missouri State Highway Patrol on a traffic stop this morning two Hispanic males fled from officers. One male wearing a gray or light colored sweatshirt fled south from the area of I-44 and Six Flags Road, the second wearing a light blue sweatshirt fled north from the area. If you see someone matching these descriptions in the area contact the Eureka Police Department at 636-938-6600 or dispatch at 636-549-8210,” said the Eureka Police Department on Facebook.

Other details about the arrests are not clear.