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Officer Matthew Pavelka, 26, Burbank Police Department
Murdered November 15, 2003

Officer Pavelka was killed and his partner, Gregory Campbell, 41, was seriously injured during a shootout with two suspects who fired nearly 30 rounds at the officers. Officers had stopped the vehicle in a crime infested area and had called for back-up when the gunfire erupted. One of the fugitives, Ramon Aranda was killed by officers during the gun battle. Matthew Pavelka was the son of a 29 year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department.

The second shooter, David Garcia, fled to Mexico when he remained for nearly two weeks before Mexican authorities expelled him as an "undesirable" citing his US citizenship. It’s important to note that Mexico historically refuses to deport, expel or extradite anyone with a Mexican surname. It is believed that this expulsion was accomplished only because of the extremely adverse publicity Mexico has received as it relates to their indicated refusal to extradite Armando Garcia (no relation) for the murder of Deputy David March on April 29, 2002.

[StoneColdGOP]

Agent James Paul Epling, 24, U. S. Border Patrol
Drowned during pursuit of suspected illegal aliens, December 16, 2003

Agent Epling disappeared on December 16, 2003 during the pursuit of four suspected illegal aliens. His body was recovered from the Colorado River on December 20, 2003. Agent Epling had been last seen running down the river in pursuit of the suspects after first pulling a woman to safety from the raging river .

A Federal grand jury indicted 22 year old Jose Antonio Vasquez Villasenor for immigrant smuggling in connection with Agent Epling’s death on December 30, 2003.