Undercover officer's car rammed, causing fatal accident
Jordan LaPier
The Arizona Republic
Jun. 20, 2007 03:20 PM

An undocumented immigrant rammed into the car of an undercover narcotics officer Tuesday night, causing an accident that left a Phoenix woman dead, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.

Officials said that Guadalupe Perez-Borjorquez, 26, forced the SUV of sheriff's deputy Rob Kinnet into oncoming traffic near 27th Avenue and Durango, where it struck the woman's car. The sheriff's office said that the woman, Phoenix resident Nanuma Lavulavu, 46, died at St. Joseph's Hospital Wednesday.

The sheriff's office alleges that Perez has entered the United States illegally at least five times. He will face charges of aggravated assault and second-degree homicide.


"This is exactly why I am making illegal immigration a top priority of my office," Sheriff Joe Arpaio said in a prepared statement. "Had this man been jailed each time he came into the U.S. illegally instead of simply being driven back to the border, a Phoenix mother might be alive today. Instead her children are planning a funeral."

A police report indicates Kinnet saw Perez throwing beer bottles from his car and diving erratically down Durango around 6:30 p.m. Perez noticed the deputy's unmarked car, drove his own vehicle in reverse, and rammed into Kinnet's Ford Expedition, according to the report.

Officials say Perez then continually rammed Kinnet's car from behind, then pulled alongside it, forcing the SUV into oncoming traffic. Kinnet was treated for minor injuries.

According to the report, Perez told officers he learned the driving maneuvers from watching American television

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