Yes? What?
Posted on 04/17/2008 6:07:08 AM PDT by TejanoJim
MISSION - A police chase Wednesday morning that ended with a mother and her two young children in a canal underscored yet again the danger human smugglers pose to motorists.
Authorities reported no serious injuries, but the crash near Farm-to-Market Road 495 and North Stewart Road illustrated the challenges coyotes pose to the officers charged with catching them.
Mission police started the chase on westbound FM 495 after a man driving a truck ran a red light near Stewart, Mission police Chief Leo Longoria said. The man refused to pull over and turned north onto Bryan Road and then drove along a canal bank back toward Stewart.
As he crossed Stewart from the canal bank the truck collided with an SUV carrying the mother and her two children, Longoria said. The pursuing officer immediately ran from his vehicle and dove into the canal to pull the family to safety. A nearby pedestrian assisted.
The driver of the truck and the immigrants who were on board tried to flee.
"They have no regard for their human cargo," U.S. Border Patrol spokesman Dan Doty said of the driver and other coyotes. "They don't care about the illegal immigrants and they don't care about the public at all."
While the federal government is tasked with enforcing immigration laws, the burden of apprehending coyotes and their smuggled immigrants falls upon local police departments. Once detained, the smugglers and the illegal immigrants are turned over to federal authorities.
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The consequences of their actions are not sufficient to deter their actions.
Heard shortly before the crash, “Beep, Beep!”
Good on the officer. The saving of a life took priority over catching the coyote.
If the coyote was caught, attempted voluntary manslaughter charges should be brought against him.
Chalk up one more product liability suit against Acme Corporation...
Crimmigration takes more lives.
Coyote Ping!
Yes? What?
Coyote Ping!
If you want on, or off this S. Texas/Mexico ping list, please FReepMail me.
Oh, I thought he was talking about congress.
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