Girl in pinata found during border check. (Via Boingboing)

Inspectors at border checkpoints have seen it all: people rolled inside carpets, sewn into car seats and stuffed into washing machines, all attempting to be smuggled into the United States.

But inspectors at the Tecate Port of Entry discovered a new twist recently when they encountered a little girl meticulously sealed inside a pinata.

Not being familiar with US border politics, I thought the implication of a girl being in a pinata was that the parents were trying to get people to surreptitiously beat her to death.