Tunnels under the U.S.-Mexico border are nothing new , but authorities spotted two smugglers taking a different approach this week : driving a Jeep over the 14-foot fence dividing the two countries . But the makeshift ramp the suspects propped up at the border near Yuma , Arizona , did n't work , officials said . U.S. Border Patrol agents patrolling the area saw the Jeep get stuck . It was left wedged atop the fence , and its drivers fled into Mexico , the patrol said in a statement . It was not immediately clear what the vehicle may have been carrying . `` Suspects attempting to drive a vehicle over the border fence fell prey to their own devices , '' the statement said . Border Patrol agents confiscated the vehicle and the makeshift ramp .
Suspected smugglers propped up a ramp along the border , officials say . The Jeep they were driving got stuck and was left teetering atop the fence . A Border Patrol agent spotted it on video from his helicopter as he flew over the area in an effort to find out what had happened.