Thread: AGENT KILLED BY FLEEING VEHICLE!!!

Agent's death 'devastating'
Stephanie Sanchez / El Paso TImes
Article Launched: 01/22/2008 12:13:42 AM MST


Senior Border Patrol Agent Luis Aguilar Jr. of El Paso who was struck and killed by a vehicle driven by suspected drug smugglers Saturday in southeastern California, was the first agent in the Yuma, Ariz., sector to die from a hostile act, officials said Monday.
Since the Yuma sector was established in 1954, eight agents have died in the line of duty. But none were from suspected smugglers, officials said. The others either drowned or were killed in automobile and aircraft accidents.

Aguilar, described by many as a man with "outstanding work ethic," was killed when he was trying to place spike strips in the path of a Hummer and a Ford pickup that had entered the country illegally, Yuma sector spokesman Michael Bernacke, said. Aguilar was struck by the Hummer and killed about 9 a.m. Saturday.

Placing the device on the ground requires supervisory approval, and Aguilar had gone through all the proper procedures, Bernacke said.

"He was doing his job as safely as he could," he said. "You have no control over the subject in the vehicle -- that was his intention."

Both vehicles fled the scene, near the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area, about 20 miles west of Yuma.

In the El Paso sector, 18 agents have died in the line of duty but none of them as a result of hostile acts by assailants, officials said.

"Any time any law enforcement officer dies in the line of duty, it hits home and shows what we risk on a daily basis," said Ramiro Cordero, an El Paso sector spokesman.

"Other than the fact that we are all sorry, we are hoping to help the family gather the strength to go through it."
Aguilar's father, Luis "Louie" Aguilar Sr., said the family only needs the public's prayers to get them through the loss.

"As you can imagine, it is devastating," said Luis Aguilar Sr. in a slow and steady voice over a telephone interview from Yuma. "There is not a dry eye in the place."

After Luis Aguilar Jr. graduated from El Paso High School, he became a sheriff's detention officer and later joined the Border Patrol, his father said.

"He loved law enforcement," he said. "I've gotten so many compliments from even agents that were under his command. ... He was hard on them but he wanted to teach them properly, so they wouldn't get hurt out on the field."

The FBI is leading the investigation with state and local authorities. Mexican authorities are also helping the search for the suspects.

"We, along with relatives, friends and colleagues, are saddened and outraged by his death at the hands of apparent smugglers, and I urge the highest levels of government in the U.S. and Mexico to press their investigations for the capture of those responsible," said U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas, a former sector chief of the U.S. Border Patrol from 1984 to 1995, in a written statement.

Funeral arrangements for Luis Aguilar Jr. are pending.

Stephanie Sanchez may be reached at ssanchez@elpasotimes.com; 546-6137.

http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_8040103

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others.
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I wont ever understand why this is alowed to go one any longer.



No Ap wire on this one ???

Originally Posted by cayla99

Originally Posted by jamesw62

this happened on the border and this jacka$$ wants to be president???

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Which donkey are you referring to? We have so many to choose from.

the ARIZONA idiot who wants to be president.
ya know Mcamnesty, McClown, McJerk, Mc Cain

if the US had a leader with any balls they would tell mexico to pay for the funeral and college scholarships for the two kids since it was their people who committed this heinous crime in the first place

GREGAGREATAMERICAN wrote:

I wont ever understand why this is alowed to go one any longer.



No Ap wire on this one ???

Do you know of any presidential candidate who has commented on this other than Duncan Hunter and he is out of the race?

Has the president expressed his condolences?

What actions are going to be taken?

I am letting congress and the state department know how I feel about this and the dozens of Mexican military excursions into the US in 2007

Originally Posted by MyAmerica

GREGAGREATAMERICAN wrote:

I wont ever understand why this is alowed to go one any longer.
No Ap wire on this one ???

NONE

[quote:1tc9mtez]Do you know of any presidential candidate who has commented on this other than Duncan Hunter and he is out of the race?

Only Duncan Hunter

Has the president expressed his condolences?

your kidding right? this leader has no balls to say stuff like that

What actions are going to be taken?

peobably NONE

I am letting congress and the state department know how I feel about this and the dozens of Mexican military excursions into the US in 2007

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I cut and paster the article to every senator on sunday

Memorial services set for Border Patrol agent

Memorial services for Border Patrol agent Luis Aguilar Jr. of El Paso are scheduled for Thursday in Yuma, AZ.
Aguilar was killed in the line of duty on Jan. 19 after a suspected smuggler intentionally ran over him while he was deploying a controlled tire deflation device in an attempt to stop the vehicle from escaping into Mexico.

Aguilar leaves behind a wife and two children and will be missed by the Yuma Sector and the Border Patrol. The public memorial service will be held at the Yuma Civic Center. Services are scheduled to begin at 11 a.m.

In lieu of flowers, an account has been established with the National Bank of Arizona in the name of Luis Aguilar for donations.

http://www.elpasotimes.com/newupdated/ci_8046410

Its a shame and a disgrace that our government just continue to turn a blind eye when it comes to whats going on in regards to the border with Mexico. It seems like they are afraid of the Mexican government for some reason. I for one really want to know what it is that they are holding over the heads of our lame leaders in Washington.

Originally Posted by LadyStClaire

Its a shame and a disgrace that our government just continue to turn a blind eye when it comes to whats going on in regards to the border with Mexico. It seems like they are afraid of the Mexican government for some reason. I for one really want to know what it is that they are holding over the heads of our lame leaders in Washington.

I have asked that question many times, and have yet to get an answer.

They will get the guy who did this and he will pay!
Trust me!