June 11, 2008

Texas: Immigrant Drowns After Border Agent Is Attacked

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Texas: Immigrant Drowns After Border Agent Is Attacked


By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: June 28, 2007

An illegal immigrant drowned in a border canal after a Border Patrol agent trying to rescue him was hit in the head with a rock thrown by a suspected human smuggler, Border Patrol officials said. The agent fired at least one shot at the suspect and another would-be immigrant, who fled back into Mexico, said an agency spokesman, Patrick Berry.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F00E0DC163EF93BA15755C0A9619C8B63&fta=y

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