"Doing Jobs American's Won't Do" 8/28/07
Things like assaulting and shooting at border patrol agents.
A U.S. Border Patrol agent's leg was injured when a suspected marijuana smuggler slammed into his patrol vehicle Sunday afternoon, officials said.
In another incident Sunday night, unknown assailants fired on four agents near the Mexican border, they said.
Officials also said three bodies have been recovered in the desert since Friday.
The suspected smuggler, an illegal entrant, was arrested after evading Border Patrol agents for more than an hour, according to a U.S. Border Patrol press release. More than 1,100 pounds of marijuana were found in the stolen truck the man was driving.
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Another agent who responded saw the truck and was about to begin a search on foot when the truck emerged from his blind spot, striking his patrol vehicle and injuring him.
The suspect was taken into custody after a pursuit on foot and a brief struggle.
In the shooting incident, agents were patrolling near Lochiel, about 20 miles east of Nogales, about 10:30 p.m. Sunday when someone fired four shots at them, said Agent Sean King, a Tucson sector Border Patrol spokesman.
The agents had responded after a sensor sounded an alarm at a Border Patrol station, King said. They left their vehicles and began to patrol on foot.
The agents had walked about one-quarter of a mile when three pickups began to approach their patrol vehicles. As they headed back to the vehicles, someone fired four shots at them and they took cover.
The agents were unable to locate a shooter, King said. They radioed for help and two Border Patrol helicopters and a special response team were sent to the scene.
In the meantime, three more shots were fired.
