[timlot]

Why were they on horseback to investigated an alram trip? Its pitch black at 2am. Don’t they have armored suvs? Has Obama cut their budget too?

[Cincinatus' Wife]

I do not know if that is accurate. It’s what was reported.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

btw - one way to find out is to contact PETA (they’ll want answers) - if the agent (as reported) was shot in the ankle and buttocks - it may be that the horse was wounded too.

[Hulka]

Border Patrol Horse Patrol Units are used to patrol areas where no vehicles can go (SUVs, ATVs, etc), and riders are able to get closer to the smugglers before detection because the horses are quieter than motorized vehicles. Also, horses can see well at night, much better than people and are able to gallop into the darkness in pursuit whereas BP Agents can't just hit the gas and ride into the darkness in a vehicle — NVGs or not, the terrain won't allow it.

Horse Patrol training is difficult and only about 30% actually graduate. Tough training and involves riding horseback no less than 8hrs a day, starting with no saddle or bridle, to a bridal and the saddle is finally added the last week of training.

(My son is a Border Patrol, Horse Patrol Agent in Arizona, that is why O know about this. Fox News did a report on Horse Patrol a while back, can[t find it in YouTube and it might still be in the Fox News website. . .Adam Housley did the report.)

The entire Border Patrol is out looking right now for the shooter(s).

FBI on scene investigating—this does NOT inspire confidence because they are incompetent buffoons that are accountants and lawyers, not field agents.