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Newsbrief:
In
Latest
Border
Killing,
Agent
Shoots
Unarmed
Marijuana
Mule
2/25/05
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/376/borderkilling.shtml
The FBI and Arizona local
authorities are investigating an incident in which a US Border Patrol agent
shot and killed an unarmed Mexican man who was part of a group backpacking
hundreds of pounds of marijuana across the border in remote Santa Cruz
County. It is, the Arizona Republic reported, only the latest incident
of Border Patrol agents wounding or killing unarmed Mexican immigrants.
The incident also comes as tensions run high among US law enforcers on
the border, with fears of spillover from violence among Mexican drug traffickers
and as well as shootings directed at Border Patrol agents near Douglas,
AZ, last month. No one was injured in those incidents.
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United States Border Patrol
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The latest killing took place
in the pre-dawn hours Saturday, when Border Patrol agents confronted about
a dozen men carrying backpacks full of marijuana in Pesquiera Canyon about
10 miles north of the border. According to the Santa Cruz County
Sheriff's Department, when the agents tried to apprehend the smugglers,
they scattered. For unknown reasons, a Border Patrol agent whose
name has not been revealed fired one shot, hitting one of the men in the
chest and killing him.
"I don't know what the level
of threat was that caused him to discharge his weapon," said Sheriff Tony
Esparza. No weapons were found at the scene and none of the other
smugglers were captured. Agents did seize about 350 pounds of pot.
While Border Patrol agents
report having been fired on nine times since October 1, they have been
firing as well. According to the Republic, the following incidents
have all taken place within the last year:
- October 4:
A Border Patrol agent in the Tucson sector shot a Mexican man in the head
as agents tried to stop his vehicle near Sierra Vista.
- October 20:
A Border Patrol agent in the El Paso sector shot and killed a Mexican citizen
near Portal, on the New Mexico border.
- February 4:
The Unites States paid $125,000 to a Mexican citizen shot by a Border Patrol
agent as he clung to the border fence near Agua Prieta, Sonora. That
shooting took place in January 2002.
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-- 2/25/05
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Speed
Bumps
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After
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