70-mile Ariz. chase ends after shot fired
January 6th, 2009 @ 7:32pm
by Associated Press

Federal agents chased five men in a vehicle on Arizona freeways for 70 miles from Sasabe to Tucson on Tuesday before finally arresting him.

U.S. Border Patrol Agent Mario Escalante says the chase began at 9 a.m. when the driver tried to run over a U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service agent who had stopped him for speeding near Sasabe.

The driver fled and the agent began the chase, which was later joined by Border Patrol agents and a helicopter.

After 70 miles in Tucson, Escalante says the driver tried to run over a Border Patrol agent, who fired one shot. No one was hit.

The driver, a U.S. citizen, and four men with him were arrested. The passengers are illegal immigrants.

They could all face charges of assaulting a federal agent.

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