Border Patrol Agent Struck and Killed

Vehicles escape into Mexico

An agent of the US Customs and Border Protection service died after being struck on Saturday (Jan. 19) by a fleeing vehicle in Imperial County, California, near the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area.

According to reports, http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=907 a Ford pickup truck and a Hummer on Interstate 8 when the agent was hit and killed. The vehicles fled from the scene, escaping into Mexico.

The remote area where the killing occurred sits in the southeast corner of California, bordering Mexico and Arizona. Because of its geography, the area is a dangerous hotspot for drug and people smuggling operations, often in league with corrupt police and military in Mexico and allied with Hispanic gangs in Los Angeles. The Sonoran Desert, a delicate ecosystem, has been impacted by illegal aliens who leave garbage and disrupt wildlife. It is also deadly for Border Patrol agents, many of whom have been attacked by illegals and heavily armed “coyote” guides.All along the vast border, agents of the US government have also been confronted by police and army personnel from Mexico who http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=2935 support they get from Washington, whose unofficial policy is the ignore the enormous invasion from Mexico in the interests of corporations.

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2008-01-19