Thread: Woman Charged in Ariz. Border Patrol Agent's Death

Sep 3, 9:06 PM EDT

Woman charged in Ariz. Border Patrol agent's death

SELLS, Ariz. (AP) -- A tribal police department has arrested an Arizona woman who they say was driving drunk when her car collided with the vehicle of a Border Patrol agent, killing him.

Tohono O'odham police are charging 40-year-old Angela Mata of Sells with negligent homicide, criminal damage and driving under the influence, and say federal charges are pending.

Police say Mata was driving on a dirt road on the southern Arizona reservation near the village of Topawa and failed to yield to the agent's vehicle as she approached Federal Route 19.

Her car hit the agent's car, causing it to roll off the road. The agent, whose name was not release, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Mata had non-life-threatening injuries and is in custody after failing field-sobriety tests.

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The Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation is located in both Arizona and Mexico. Had this been a drunken illegal alien who hit this officer, he/she probably would already be back in their "country of origin", and, if not, the ACLU would be there to defend them.