Posted on 08/27/2006 9:07:43 PM PDT by SandRat
YUMA, Ariz. -- A U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man who was throwing rocks at officers from the Mexican side of the border late Saturday, officials said.
The incident began after agents spotted a suspicious vehicle near the Andrade Port of Entry west of the California-Arizona border, just north of the international border and alongside the Colorado River.
The driver fled and then tried to swim across a pond along the river in an effort to return to Mexico, the agency said in a press release.
But the man began to struggle to stay afloat and agents threw him a flotation device and began to try to rescue him. Several people on the other side of the border then began throwing rocks at the agents, and one officer was struck in the head.
The officer then shot at a man who was getting ready to throw another rock, the Border Patrol said. Mexican authorities took the man to a hospital, where he died.
Attacks on Border Patrol agents have become more common in recent years, and this year agents say they're seeing smugglers become even more violent as more federal resources make crossing into the U.S. ever more difficult.
Smugglers are throwing softball-sized rocks, hunks of concrete and whole bricks at agents, either out of frustration or to try to get authorities to back off.
"Mexican authorities took the man to a hospital, where he died."
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Maybe the word will get out and a few of them will "stay home" where they belong.
'Mexican authorities took the man to a hospital, where he died.'
The
"authorities" were there to take him to the hospital but were not there to
a. help the drowning man and
b. stop the crowd from throwing rocks at the Border Patrol agents?
Seems like they might be UN soldiers, not Mexican "authorities"...anyone know if the UN is assigned to our borders....yet?
Don't bring a rock to a gunfight....
Very nice devolve, a disappearing act there!
Not only was it not a mistake, but this might even help us. Just wait for some leftists to start harping on this, admitting in the process that they don't really care about securing the border.
Give him a $1000 raise.
Like I said, let them. This provides a great opportunity for the left to further discredit itself in the eyes of the public.
Nahhh, do it the communist way - Send the dead illegal's family a bill for the bullet.
VERY nice!
Rule #1: Don't throw rocks at cops.
LOL, I love Maxine Seadog, have a bunch of them. This is great!
I got that in email...so, who knows, it may not even be the 'real' Maxine.
LOL, sure looks like Maxine Seadog! You think she might be incognito??
Look at it this way. Man throws something at the officer. The officer throws something back. Only harder.
YEP!
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