Posted on 10/17/2006 2:31:38 PM PDT by Ajnin
CALEXICO — A U.S. Border Patrol agent fired once at a group of suspected smugglers as the group reportedly attempted to assault another agent along the New River, officials said today.
No one was wounded in the shooting, Border Patrol said. One Border Patrol agent suffered an injured knee when he fell while trying to back away from the smugglers who were throwing rocks and running at the agent, officials said.
The case occurred about 5 p.m. Friday near the old Vons facility in the western portion of Calexico.
Supervisory Border Patrol Agent Lloyd Frers said two agents were working the area, one on each side of the river as they followed a group of undocumented immigrants.
As the group came up on a river gate installed to stop immigrants from making their way farther north, a group of six climbed out of the river on the west side.
Those six confronted the lone agent on the west side.
“They began throwing rocks at the agent,” Frers said, adding they started running at the agent. Frers said the agent was trying to keep some distance from the group when that agent fell.
At that time the agent working the east side of the river fired one round at the group. Frers said it was not a warning shot, stating the Border Patrol doesn’t fire warning shots. The agent fired at the group but missed. Meanwhile, Frers said, the other immigrants in the river climbed out on the east side, made their way around the gate and re-entered the river north of the gate.
The six who had attempted to assault the agent also made their way back into the river, Frers said. The group fled farther into the county as the agent who fired the round moved to the west side to help the fallen agent.
Frers said there were no arrests in the case and there was no information on what became of the immigrants.
The agent who was injured was treated at a local hospital and later released.
Asked what leads authorities to think all six who climbed out and confronted that agent were smugglers, Frers said that is how smugglers operate.
He said those who are being smuggled into the county typically do not resort to violence, but smugglers will.
“That’s what they are getting paid for,” Frers said.
I think we need immunity for border patrol agents.
There should also be tort immunity in the form of elminating attorney fees. OR if the attorney fees are awarded the agency providing the lawyer can't claim tax exempt status.
Wanna bet? I'll take your money... ;-)
With pathetic accounts such as this, is there any wonder that the McCaul Report yesterday said that the narco-terrorists are in charge of our border?
Just kidding, how do you add pics to a post, want to post pics of some of mine
You can run but you'll only die tired
Government takes my money every day, lol
FR's board code follows html 4.0 standards pretty closely. A few things it won't let you do, but nothing all that interesting.
Basically, just type <img src ="http://yourpicutrelink.com">
Be sure to preview to make sure that your source isn't blocked/redirected from the link by the photo hosts server. Also, can can use WIDTH= and HEIGHT= attributes inbetween the close quote and the > to help up or down size a photo to fit a bit better.
Examples...
Full sized photo.
Width set to 250 pixels.
I hope they have a HUGE turnout!
http://www.americanfreedomriders.com/CochiseCounty.html
American Freedom Riders has posted an educational slide show and welcomes the riders to Cochise County, Az.
You will need to put them on a website or else open your computer up as a web server. The latter is not a good idea except for experts IMHO.
N'yuck. AR-15. DMPS Southpaw. 20" 1:9 superbull barrel.
I use Tinypic and Allyoucanupload for hosting most of the stuff I post here.
Thanks for info
Thanks
that group was with an ar15 at 100yds? very good group. that's gotta be pretty close to as good as its capable of.
Your welcome.
See if I got this down now
DPMS Southpaw AR-15 A2. 20" 1:9 superbull barrel cryo-accurized. Harris Bi-pod. Low mass hammer and a 4lbs JP Rifles "yellow" spring. $50 E-bay optics 6-18x44 scope.
Shot at Eagle Peak in Cedar Park, TX from a concrete firing point bench. It was right about Noon. About 95 degrees and aroun 60% humidity. No wind.
Load was factory Ultra-max 55gr SP loaded one at a time and 2-3 minutes between shots.
So yeah, just about ideal.
A year later, I tried shooting some of my own loads with not so good results. Tried some AMAX moly coated pushed by Accurate 2230 at Stan's. Good folks that work there, but the range is crap compared to Eagel Peak.
107 degrees and almost 90% humidity at 100 yrds again. Shooting East, the wind was dead out of the South at 20-25MPH gusting. Wooden bench firing point that was none too sturdy. Got yelled at for trying to shoot from under the bench. Created a "trip hazzard" being streched out in the dirt.
Still got some work to do on the load. Wasn't nearly as accurate as I was hoping it'd be with my handloads. Win some, lose some.
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