Texas border agent kills Mexican with marijuana

AP via Houston Chronicle ^ | 4-2-10 | The Associated Press

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LAREDO, Texas — A Border Patrol agent shot and killed an unarmed man on the banks of the Rio Grande following a foot chase and a struggle, authorities said Friday.

Border Patrol agents found several men carrying five bundles of marijuana, weighing about 260 pounds, onto the river bank in Laredo near a residential neighborhood late Wednesday night, said Laredo police spokesman Joe Baeza Jr.

The men scattered when the agents approached.

An agent caught up with one of the alleged smugglers, and the pair struggled in the brush before the agent shot the man once in the chest, Baeza said.

"The paramedics tried to revive him, and but he was already gone," he said.

Investigators do not believe the man, a Mexican citizen in his 30s, was armed.

Authorities are working with the Mexican consulate to notify the man's family before releasing his name, but he is believed to have previously been apprehended by Border Patrol while allegedly trafficking drugs into the United States, Baeza said.

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[Spktyr]

It would have been more amusing if the instrument of death would have been the marijuana, as the title implies. :P

[Gaffer]

Well, that’s what ‘throwdowns’ are for.

[dead]

I didn’t know marijuana was lethal.

[Drango]

next time the agent should use an evil gun.

[gwilhelm56]

Another Border Patrol Agent that will Probably need a ... LEGAL DEFENSE FUND

[Joe 6-pack]

"I didn’t know marijuana was lethal"

When it's stuffed in the cavity of a 180 grain hollowpoint it can kill instantly :-)

[Fido969]

I saw the headline and thought they made him smoke himself to death. Some kind of Cheech and Chong thing.

[SpaceBar]

AP must farm out their headline writing to Albania.

[dfwgator]

Looks like the person who wrote the headline was high on pot.

[dragnet2]

Someone call Bush’s buddy...What was his name, Sutton?

[SoldierDad]

Finally, evidence that pot kills.

[apocalypto]

Johnny Sutton must be in hysterics. Hope there will not be another frame-up.

[jessduntno]

What kinda load you put in your spliffs, mon?

[clamper1797]

Must have been some “killer” weed

[Star Traveler]

Texas border agent kills Mexican with marijuana

Man! That must be some strong marijuana!

[lastchance]

Ah great minds.

[Grunthor]

“Texas border agent kills Mexican with marijuana”

Deadly pot?

[Larry Lucido]

Marijuana doesn’t kill people. Border agents with marijuana kill people.

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

Lol! Dude.