Stunned customs officers found the group desperately pleading for help after they were found squashed into tiny secret compartments with no ventilation on one of the hottest days of the year.
Officers found a woman and three men trying to illegally cross the border between North Africa and Spain.
Officers found the group after they stopped the vehicle on suspicion it was being used for human trafficking by the mafia.
Fire fighters cut them free and pulled them to safety in a dramatic rescue on the border with Melilla before they were rushed to hospital in a serious condition.
"It was on one of the hottest days of the year and the secret compartment had no ventilation."
The men, aged between 21 and 23, were from Guinea and the woman was from the Congo.
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