THREE PEOPLE INCLUDING A
MAN FROM BIXBY ARE TRYING TO
GET HOME.
MEXICAN AUTHORITIES SEIZED TO
THEIR VANS AT THE BORDERS,
FOX23 NEWS JJ BURTON LIVE
EXPLAINING WHY THEY COULD KNOW
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN A FEW
MINUTES. Reporter: I JUST
SPOKE TO BRIAN GIBSON A COUPLE
MINUTES BEFORE THIS LIVE SHOT,
HE IS WAITING TO CALL THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE IN MEXICO
BECAUSE THEY WON'T KNOW
ANYTHING UNTIL 9:00 WHETHER OR
NOT THEY CAN GET THEIR VANS
BACK.
THEY WERE IN MEXICO FOR A
MISSION TRIP RINGING DOWN
BACKPACKS MORE THAN 100
BACKPACKS WITH SCHOOL SUPPLIES
AND TOILETRIES, ALL OF THAT WAS
CONFISCATED WHEN THEIR VANS
WERE ALSO IMPOUNDED.
WE SPOKE TO BRIAN LAST NIGHT,
HE SAYS THEY HAVE BEEN ON THESE
MISSION TRIPS A COUPLE TIMES,
BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN, HE
SAID HIS BANDMATE OF PAST
CUSTOMS WITHOUT AN ISSUE BUT
THE OTHER TWO VANS DIDN'T, HE
WAS ABLE TO GET BACK HOME LAST
NIGHT BUT THREE OTHERS
INCLUDING ONE GUY FROM BIXBY
STILL THERE.
HE SAYS THEY HAVE BEEN MAKING
THE TRIP SINCE 2003 BUT NEVER
RAN INTO A PROBLEM LIKE THIS.
THEY WILL TELL US YOU CAN'T
BRING THAT ACROSS HERE.
TAKE IT BACK.
THEY NEVER GAVE US THE OPTION.
THE CUSTOMS OFFICE OPENS AT
9:00 IN MEXICO, THAT IS WHEN
EVERYBODY WILL GO TO THE OFFICE
TO SEE IF THEY CAN GET THEIR
VANS BACK.
THEY DID PAY $4000 AND THEY
FILLED OUT PAPERWORK BUT THEY
