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Ramming agents' vehicles part of a ‘pattern’ prior to and during border shooting incident
Sierra Vista Herald/Review ^
| Jonathon Shacat
Posted on 10/27/2007 10:17:49 AM PDT by SandRat
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posted on
10/27/2007 10:17:51 AM PDT
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SandRat
To: SandRat
How many years is he looking at?
(I mean the border agent that is...)
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posted on
10/27/2007 10:21:10 AM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: SandRat; 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; 2Trievers; 3AngelaD; 3pools; 3rdcanyon; 4Freedom; 4ourprogeny; ...
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posted on
10/27/2007 10:21:47 AM PDT
by
HiJinx
(Marine to Gen Pace: "Sir, thanks for your service. We’ll take it from here.")
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To: Abathar
Preliminary statements from CCSO indicate it was a justified shoot.
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posted on
10/27/2007 10:23:19 AM PDT
by
HiJinx
(Marine to Gen Pace: "Sir, thanks for your service. We’ll take it from here.")
To: All
and from the Arizona Daily (RED) Star Authorities ID entrant, 41, shot in border pursuit By Dale Quinn Arizona Daily Star Tucson, Arizona | Published: 10.27.2007 The Cochise County Sheriff's Office on Friday identified a suspected drug smuggler who was shot and injured by a federal agent Thursday afternoon. Ramon Davalos-Lopez, 41, an illegal entrant, was shot east of Douglas after he fled from authorities in a stolen vehicle loaded with more than 800 pounds of marijuana, said Carol Capas, a sheriff's spokeswoman. The shooting occurred about 1:45 p.m. Agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol, along with the Douglas Police Department, observed Davalos-Lopez in a pickup truck while investigating a drug-smuggling organization, said Vincent Picard, an ICE spokesman. Davalos-Lopez noticed he was under surveillance and fled, Picard said. According to a press release from the sheriff's department, Davalos-Lopez sped and drove erratically through residential areas and school zones, so authorities tried to use a spike-strip to deflate the truck's tires and stop him. Afterward, Davalos-Lopez continued to drive threateningly toward patrol vehicles and agents. An ICE agent, whose name has not been released, was able to position himself in front of the truck while Border Patrol agents were behind it. After determining Davalos-Lopez still posed a threat to law enforcement, he fired, according to the release. Davalos-Lopez was shot in the right arm and taken to a Tucson hospital, the release says. He was later arrested by ICE agents after authorities found more than 800 pounds of marijuana in the truck. "This is the third incident in four days in which this drug organization has resorted to ramming law enforcement vehicles in order to escape," Picard said. On Monday, a suspected smuggler from the same organization slammed a vehicle into pursuing Border Patrol agents while fleeing to Mexico, Picard said. On Wednesday another suspected smuggler attempted to run down Douglas police officers, Picard said. The investigation into the drug-trafficking organization is ongoing, Picard said. The ICE office of professional standards and the sheriff's department are investigating the shooting. ● Contact reporter Dale Quinn at 629-9412 or dquinn@azstarnet.com.
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posted on
10/27/2007 10:25:08 AM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: Abathar
12 - 15 given the Looniness of OBLIBERAL Judges?
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posted on
10/27/2007 10:26:51 AM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: SandRat
Ring my bell when the USBP agent is indicted.
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posted on
10/27/2007 10:27:32 AM PDT
by
tailgunner
(Conservative-Libertarian-Confederate-American)
To: HiJinx
Wow, amazing he could get through to a U.S. Attorney on his cell phone to get permission to discharge his weapon that fast. ( /s... I think)
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posted on
10/27/2007 10:28:57 AM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: All
and from the Arizona Daily (RED) Star
Authorities ID entrant, 41, shot in border pursuit
By Dale Quinn
Arizona Daily Star Tucson, Arizona | Published: 10.27.2007
The Cochise County Sheriff's Office on Friday identified a suspected drug smuggler who was shot and injured by a federal agent Thursday afternoon.
Ramon Davalos-Lopez, 41, an illegal entrant, was shot east of Douglas after he fled from authorities in a stolen vehicle loaded with more than 800 pounds of marijuana, said Carol Capas, a sheriff's spokeswoman.
The shooting occurred about 1:45 p.m.
Agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol, along with the Douglas Police Department, observed Davalos-Lopez in a pickup truck while investigating a drug-smuggling organization, said Vincent Picard, an ICE spokesman.
Davalos-Lopez noticed he was under surveillance and fled, Picard said. According to a press release from the sheriff's department, Davalos-Lopez sped and drove erratically through residential areas and school zones, so authorities tried to use a spike-strip to deflate the truck's tires and stop him.
Afterward, Davalos-Lopez continued to drive threateningly toward patrol vehicles and agents. An ICE agent, whose name has not been released, was able to position himself in front of the truck while Border Patrol agents were behind it.
After determining Davalos-Lopez still posed a threat to law enforcement, he fired, according to the release.
Davalos-Lopez was shot in the right arm and taken to a Tucson hospital, the release says. He was later arrested by ICE agents after authorities found more than 800 pounds of marijuana in the truck.
"This is the third incident in four days in which this drug organization has resorted to ramming law enforcement vehicles in order to escape," Picard said.
On Monday, a suspected smuggler from the same organization slammed a vehicle into pursuing Border Patrol agents while fleeing to Mexico, Picard said.
On Wednesday another suspected smuggler attempted to run down Douglas police officers, Picard said.
The investigation into the drug-trafficking organization is ongoing, Picard said.
The ICE office of professional standards and the sheriff's department are investigating the shooting.
● Contact reporter Dale Quinn at 629-9412 or dquinn@azstarnet.com.
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posted on
10/27/2007 10:29:44 AM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: Abathar
To: JackRyanCIA
Where's The Real Fence?
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posted on
10/27/2007 10:33:15 AM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.)
To: SandRat
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posted on
10/27/2007 10:38:22 AM PDT
by
Gritty
(Trying to force illegals to leave would be impossible. We are bowing to reality-Michael Chertoff)
To: Gritty
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posted on
10/27/2007 10:42:45 AM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: SandRat
Hm, the wildfire arsonist shot to death in San Bernardino rammed the LEOs’ car, too. No obvious illegal-immigration connection there, but it is still an interesting pattern.
To: Abathar
LOL. Just wait til the Mex consulate calls Dubya to demand and investigation. Just hope it’s not in Johnny Sutton’s jurisdiction.
To: RightOnTheLeftCoast
Airbag deployment, if they can get the airbag to go off then the cops are not suppose to pursue you at high speed then. It has been happening a lot in urban settings with stolen cars, ram the police car with the back of yours, get the airbag to fire off, and then run away.
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posted on
10/27/2007 10:54:11 AM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: SandRat
I traveled through Douglas last week on vacation. There are a number of border patrol checkpoints set up many miles inland in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona that my party had to stop for. And we naturally saw many b-p vehicles. Didn’t see any suspicious looking vehicles full of illegals.
To: SandRat; AuntB; Calpernia
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posted on
10/27/2007 12:50:46 PM PDT
by
pissant
(Duncan Hunter: Warrior, Statesman, Conservative)
To: RightOnTheLeftCoast
Hm, the wildfire arsonist shot to death in San Bernardino rammed the LEOs car, too. No obvious illegal-immigration connection there, but it is still an interesting pattern. Indeed it is an interesting pattern- it is the result of getting their own way for so long in this country that they now feel they are entitled to break our laws, and we should not dare to stop them. Amazing the amount of arrogance is shown in the act of ramming LEO vehicles. We also place so many restrictions on what CBP or other LEO can actually do when dealing w/border crime that smugglers feel they can get away with anything.
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posted on
10/28/2007 11:28:50 AM PDT
by
Tammy8
(Please Support and pray for our Troops, as they serve us every day.)
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