Breaking: Update
Jan 24th, 2008 | By Michel Marizco | Category: General News, Immigration, Politics






THE BORDER REPORT
4:27 p.m. update: I'm getting some new information on this case; it's ... interesting ... Stay tuned for an update. According to the people who know, this is what happened: The suspect tried to run over a U.S. Border Patrol agent somewhere around Double Adobe Road and Highway 191, about 6 miles north of Highway 80. This all went down about 10 a.m. Apparently he was not successful and the Border Patrol agent opened fire, wounding the driver. The driver has been medevaced to Tucson for his gunshot wounds. That marks the second time in a week that someone's tried to run over a Border Patrol agent. Last Saturday, Border Patrol agent Luis Aguilar was killed when a man driving a Hummer the agents were chasing ran him over. Aguilar was trying to put out a spike strip to stop the Hummer and the Ford F250, near Yuma. The suspect in that murder was arrested by Sonoran state police Tuesday. Jesus Navarro Montes is in the custody of the Federal Attorney General's Office in Mexicali. Here's a couple photos of Navarro when he was popped. (Courtesy: Policia Estatal Preventiva, Hermosillo office)
-- Michel Marizco