Posted on 10/05/2002 9:48:56 PM PDT by Selmo
Three U.S. Border Patrol agents have reported being shot at in separate incidents west of Tucson since Sept. 23.
Only once did an agent return fire, agency spokesman Ryan Scudder said. No agents were injured, and it was unclear whether anyone was struck by the agent's gunfire.
In the first incident, about 2 a.m. on Sept. 23, an agent was driving west along the border, about a mile east of San Miguel Gate, when he heard three shots fired from the Mexican side of the border, Scudder said. One round struck the left rear side of the agent's marked Chevrolet Tahoe.
The agent left the area and did not return fire, Scudder said. The agent did not see any people or vehicles in the area where the shots originated.
San Miguel Gate is a popular but informal border crossing on the Tohono O'odham Nation, about 30 miles south of Sells and 65 miles southwest of Tucson.
At about 4 p.m. on Sept. 26, an agent was driving south toward Serapo Gate, another informal crossing on the reservation, about 20 miles west of San Miguel Gate. Another vehicle going south passed the agent, and someone fired at the agent as that vehicle passed, Scudder said.
That agent returned fire, but it was unclear whether he struck the vehicle or anyone inside, said Scudder, who did not have a vehicle description.
About 3 a.m. Tuesday, an agent working on foot had just discovered a group of border crossers in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument when he heard a gunshot, Scudder said. The agent also said he heard a bullet ricochet off a rock.
Agents searched for eight hours but could not find evidence of the bullet or the shooter, Scudder said.
The three incidents were the latest in a series of gunfire attacks on agents in Southern Arizona this year. Tucson Sector agents reported being fired on at least seven times in the fiscal year that ended Monday, Scudder said.
In March, a drug smuggler fleeing back to Mexico fired repeatedly on agents near Naco.
In May, an agent working near Papago Farms, about 100 miles southwest of Tucson, reported being fired on by Mexican soldiers driving a Humvee.
In July, an agent working in the same area reported being chased and fired on by men in a pickup, and returning fire. No one is known to have been hit in any of these three incidents.
But in August, a man believed to be a drug smuggler shot and killed National Park Service Ranger Kris Eggle as he worked alongside Border Patrol agents in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. In that case, Eggle's killer, Panfilo Murillo Aguila, was then shot to death by Mexican officers on their side of the border.
Edward "Bud" Tuffly, the president of the agents union in Southern Arizona, said agents are wondering whether there will be a response to the shootings.
"If something is being done, they're not being told about it," Tuffly said. "That has a demoralizing effect on the agents."
Actually I'm heading off to work, where the current standing orders from George "RINO" Bush are to let more illegals in so he can pander their vote.
Unfortunately, they all tell me they will vote Demorat, but hey, the RINO's don't care, because, the RINO's don't have a clue.
Kind of like you.
It's a huge issue now. It will continue to grow until it's critically volatile, nationwide.....
These plans, in my opinion, do not reflect the views of the majority of Americans, nor our best interests. I'm sure that many thousands of us have written to him voicing our opposition to his open borders policy, and we get a form letter in response. This letter pretty much states that he intends to continue pushing for implementation of 245i, which amounts to the amnesty that he promised Vicente, at least the first phase of it.
He's ignoring the warnings of Americans for his own agenda. He and the others don't have to live in the middle of the problem, they reside in their ivory towers. They are out of touch with America and want votes, either legal or illegal. I'm through with him and those like him.
Union members are just as much at risk as anyone else to lose their jobs to the invading hordes, and they are rightfully afraid of this. Everyone I've talked to in California (including union members from many unions) wants the borders closed. Bush turns a deaf ear to everyone on this subject. He knows that Americans are being shot at and killed on the Mexican border, but there has been not a word from him.
Border patrol is a cush job? Even if what you are saying is true why in the war on terror hasnt Bush bypassed the union and put the military on the border? Who is the commander in chief again?
So we should discriminate against white men, as they're the "favored class". What a bunch of crap. Affirmative Action in university admission, business contracts, hiring, etc. All this nonsense is just that, nonsense. White men are definitely DISADVANTAGED in today's workforce.
No takers?
That'd really clean this place up you know!
Removal of unions from the federal government would, in light of history, constitute a pro-Communist action.
You sure you want to do that?
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