Border Patrol agents kill suspected smuggler south of Tucson

Carolyn Hileman* | February 28, 2007

TUCSON - U.S. Border Patrol agents shot and killed a man among a group of suspected drug smugglers during a confrontation Tuesday night south of Tucson, authorities said. Border Patrol spokesman Gus Soto said several agents spotted a group of five men walking with backpacks west of Interstate 19 and about 20 miles north of Mexico. The group was walking in the desert parallel to an unimproved dirt road about a mile west of the interstate near the Aliso Springs area. Santa Cruz County Sheriff Tony Estrada said the agents, with a Border Patrol SWAT team, ordered the group to halt. At least one of the backpackers opened fire, with one or more agents shooting back, Estrada said.

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