It seemed ot me that after Ramos and Compean that you could flee and be safe from being fired on. One of three smugglers was drowning and the agent went to help only to be bashed with a stone. The officer fired on the other illegal immigrant but the appears they got away. There is at least one illegal smuggler not coming across the border again…. his friends actions cost him his life. Nice friends. Good job border patrol.
EL PASO, Texas — An illegal immigrant drowned in a border canal Wednesday after a U.S. 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, who was not identified, fired at least one shot at the suspected smuggler and another would-be immigrant, who fled back into Mexico, Border Patrol spokesman Patrick Berry said.
Berry said the incident started about 12:30 p.m. after agents watching video feed from a border camera saw a group of at least three men coming through a hole in a border fence east of downtown El Paso. As agents arrived at the scene, one of the immigrants fell into the mocha-colored canal water and was quickly dragged under by the swift current, Berry said.
While one agent tried to help the drowning man, the suspected smuggler started hurling rocks, hitting the agent in the head at least once, opening a 3-inch gash in the agent’s head. The agent then fired back and the suspected smuggler and the other man fled south into Mexico, Berry said.
It was unclear if either of the fleeing men were shot.
