Thread: U.S. Border Patrol shoots drug-smuggling suspect in New Mexi

Saturday, Feb 21, 2009
Posted on Sat, Feb. 21, 2009
U.S. Border Patrol shoots drug-smuggling suspect in New Mexico

The Associated Press
EL PASO — U.S. Border Patrol agents shot a man described as a drug-smuggling suspect in the New Mexico desert Thursday night, federal officials said Friday.

Doug Mosier, a Border Patrol spokesman in El Paso, said agents tried to stop a pickup headed north along a desert ranch road about 11 p.m. when the driver ran over an agent. At least one other agent opened fire, hitting the driver at least once. Mosier said the agent’s injuries were not life-threatening. The driver’s condition was unavailable Friday.

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Man who allegedly hit border agent with truck is shot
By Diana Washington Valdez / El Paso Times
Posted: 02/21/2009 12:00:00 AM MSThttp://www.elpasotimes.com/newupdated/ci_11753102

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A Border Patrol agent and an alleged drug trafficker who was shot after he struck the agent with his pickup Thursday are recovering from their injuries at Thomason Hospital, officials said Friday.

FBI Special Agent Todd Hulsey in Albuquerque said the agency expects to charge the driver with assault on a federal officer and drug trafficking.

Although investigators are still sorting out the suspect's identity, "the information found in the truck indicates he is a Mexican (citizen) who made an illegal entry," Hulsey said.

Hulsey said the Ford pickup the man was driving contained 1,500 pounds of marijuana in 25-pound bundles. "The entire truck was filled with the marijuana," he said.

Doug Mosier, spokesman for the Border Patrol's El Paso sector, said Border Patrol agents saw the truck around 11 p.m. Thursday after it crossed the border illegally about 25 miles west of the Santa Teresa international crossing.

"The agents attempted to make an immigration stop, as the truck headed north on New Mexico Road 9," Mosier said. "The truck then turned north on a ranch road, and the agents tried to make a stop.

"The truck then drove toward the agents at a high rate of speed and struck one of them. Other agents who were there fired at the truck. The driver received at least one gunshot wound."

The agent, who has not been identified, and the suspect were taken to Thomason Hospital for treatment.

Between Oct. 1 and Jan. 31, Border Patrol agents in the El Paso section, which includes Southern New Mexico, have reported 20 assaults on agents, including rocks thrown and shots fired, Mosier said.

Diana Washington Valdez may be reached at dvaldez@elpasotimes.com; 546-6140

Did they arrest the agent that was run over by the illegal aliens for violating their civil rights?

the BP needs more and better marksmenship practice ... I wouldnt miss what I was aiming for and would have lit'em up like a christmas tree