Thread: Border Patrol agent fatally shoots man rock-throwing man

“We are concerned about acts of violence affecting Mexican nationals,

GO POUND SAND, ESCOBAR! Acts of violence??!!.....that's all they are...one big VIOLENT act!

I'm sure they will try and give the agent the death penalty and then watch this country come unseamed!

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A rock can kill just as easy as a bullet can. The Mexican punk got what he deserved.

I believe Israeli soldiers have been killed by rocks.

I believe the rock throwing Illegals brought down a helicopter earlier this year also. Wow that one I’m sure cost us allot to fix. Not to mention putting the pilot ands passenger a risk.

If I was the President I would put on notice "Rock Throwers will be Shot" and put an end to this type of behavior now.
It’s really not too smart to be throwing rocks at a man wearing a gun.

Should we start a defense fund for the Border Patrol Officers that are being prosecuted for doing their duty?

Rock throwing is a terrorist act.

Xanadu, you are right on target! The U.S. & our Constitution are being dismantled, and the LIBERALS and RADICAL ISLAMISTS are delighted!

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Agents assaulted before shooting, U.S. officials say


Probe sought after Mexican man dies
By Anna Cearley
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
August 30, 2006

U.S authorities said yesterday that the fatal shooting of a Mexican citizen along the border in Imperial County occurred after someone threw rocks at Border Patrol agents.

Mexican authorities are nonetheless calling for a thorough investigation into the Aug. 26 incident.

“We are extremely concerned about this new incident in which a person died, and we have solicited an exhaustive investigation into it,” Mexican Consul General Luis Cabrera said.

Border Patrol officials said the late-night incident started on the U.S. side when agents assigned to the Yuma station investigated a suspicious car near the Andrade Port of Entry in California.

The Yuma sector straddles eastern California and western Arizona.

The driver of the car ran into Baja California and ended up in a pond near the Colorado River where he started to flail, Border Patrol authorities said.

Agents – still on the U.S. side – threw a flotation device and attempted to rescue him, said Chris Van Wagenen, Border Patrol spokesman for the Yuma sector.

Someone started throwing rocks from the Mexican side of the border, about 10 feet away from the agents, Van Wagenen said, and one of the agents was hit in the head.

An agent fired a shot when he saw that someone was about to throw another rock, Van Wagenen said. He said he wasn't sure if it was the same agent who was hit by the rock.

The shooting victim, identified by Mexican authorities as Antonio Pérez Ramírez of Veracruz, died at a Mexican hospital.

Van Wagenen said frustrated criminals and smugglers are provoking situations along the border and assaulting agents because of increased enforcement in the region. The number of Yuma sector agents has grown to 700 from 300 in the past year, he said.