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3 border agents shot at in 2 weeks
Arizona Daily Star ^ | October 5, 2002 | Tim Steller

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."


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: arizona; border; donutwatch; illegals; immigration; mexico
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To: antivenom
Go take a little blue pill and get back into your circle jerk...

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.

81 posted on 10/06/2002 10:29:11 AM PDT by Marine Inspector
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To: Regulator
Testing font color...
82 posted on 10/06/2002 10:31:35 AM PDT by Regulator
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To: Marine Inspector
LOL......
83 posted on 10/06/2002 10:32:24 AM PDT by Joe Hadenuf
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To: MissAmericanPie
Washington cannot be allowed to turn a blind eye to our borders. It will be a HUGE issue in 2004.

It's a huge issue now. It will continue to grow until it's critically volatile, nationwide.....

84 posted on 10/06/2002 10:36:44 AM PDT by Joe Hadenuf
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To: Joe Hadenuf
bttt
85 posted on 10/06/2002 10:38:02 AM PDT by madfly
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To: Joe Hadenuf
Then what's going to happen? Or maybe my question should be, 'What will it take to get Washington to see that it has become a critical situation and something must be done before it explodes?'
86 posted on 10/06/2002 10:40:03 AM PDT by B4Ranch
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To: FreedomFriend
Vicente and his buddy Bush have "plans"

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.

87 posted on 10/06/2002 10:40:40 AM PDT by janetgreen
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To: muawiyah
Shutting down our borders will do "a thing" to help resolve terrorism but it won't cure it by itself. Uncontrolled immigration is a threat to our sovereignty and security in many many ways beyond terrorism.

But I think you already know that. Why did I have to spend 6K on an immigration lawyer for my ex-wife from Brasil and now almost anyone can just walk across and stay unencumbered?

I know why. The Dems like their voting patterns and we like the cheaper labor. Plus we've become soft with all this diversity appreciation mantra. Many folks enjoy the indirect consequence of diluting Euro-culture predominance here.
88 posted on 10/06/2002 10:46:20 AM PDT by wardaddy
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To: Marine Inspector
Gee... if it was up to the UNION members, the border would be secure, but George "RINO" Bush wants open borders.

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.

89 posted on 10/06/2002 10:50:19 AM PDT by janetgreen
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To: Marine Inspector
Yep. I should also qualify my troop statement to exclude the Border Patrol guys. Of all I know, and of everyone I know who knows them, they are an upstanding and outstanding groups of dedicated American professionals. The INS, on the other hand, has some real problems, including being seriously short staffed and political in nature.
90 posted on 10/06/2002 10:54:56 AM PDT by PatrioticAmerican
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To: All
A scary organization, which shows that the United States IS under attack.

US_Mexico Border Action Project

91 posted on 10/06/2002 11:07:59 AM PDT by PatrioticAmerican
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To: All
South Korean DMZ Border with North Korea: 151 miles, 37,000 US troops.

US Border with Mexico: 2,000 miles, ZERO Troops.

I wonder where our national priorities are?


Number of US Citizens: 274,000,000.
Estimated number of Mexican illegals: 14,000,000.

Number of citizens versus illegal Mexicans: Only 20 to 1.

We are under attack every bit as much as South Korea is from North Korea, but we have zero efforts to fight such an invasion.
92 posted on 10/06/2002 11:12:32 AM PDT by PatrioticAmerican
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To: PatrioticAmerican
Our President and the RNC have been Pretending immigration isn't an issue. Well, it's time we brought it to their attention that we think it is a matter that needs correcting immediately.
93 posted on 10/06/2002 11:13:48 AM PDT by B4Ranch
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To: antivenom
Federal Gov'ts Circus of Union Memebers Cush Job" market...BAN all UNIONS in the FEDERAL Government NOW!

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?

94 posted on 10/06/2002 11:53:40 AM PDT by PuNcH
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To: Selmo
bttt
95 posted on 10/06/2002 12:31:39 PM PDT by MissAmericanPie
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To: wardaddy
Speaking of the diversity mantra, I was flipping through the channels, and there was a program on the local public broadcasting station in which they were holding a "summit" with local business leaders, etc. about how the government needs to set aside a certain percentage of government contracts for minority-owned businesses, and why it is imortant. They essentially stated that the ones who refuse to do so are losing out.

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.

96 posted on 10/06/2002 1:10:32 PM PDT by FreedomFriend
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To: janetgreen
Imagine our Christian president turning a deaf ear to this? Doing so is costing American citizens, as well as Mexican "migrants'" lives.
97 posted on 10/06/2002 1:13:21 PM PDT by FreedomFriend
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To: PatrioticAmerican
Don't you understand. Patrolling our borders is a slap in the face to the NEW WORLD ORDER that he is implementing, as well as what his daddy spoke of.
98 posted on 10/06/2002 1:14:37 PM PDT by FreedomFriend
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To: wardaddy
What about my 1828 proposal?

No takers?

That'd really clean this place up you know!

99 posted on 10/06/2002 1:15:57 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: antivenom
I know of several federal employee unions who obtained government recognition because their leadership (elected officers) spent their nights on the street hunting down Communist agitators on behalf of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Removal of unions from the federal government would, in light of history, constitute a pro-Communist action.

You sure you want to do that?

100 posted on 10/06/2002 1:19:49 PM PDT by muawiyah
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