Agents fired upon; in other incidents, 4 border crossers found dead

Posted By: Carolyn Hileman* on August 31, 2007

DAVID L. TEIBELFour U.S. Border Patrol agents were shot at Sunday night near the Mexican border, authorities said. In other incidents, four suspected illegal immigrants have been found dead west and southwest of Tucson since Thursday, authorities said. The shooting occurred about 10:30 p.m. as the agents patrolled near Lochiel, about 20 miles east of Nogales, said Santa Cruz County Sheriff Antonio Estrada. None of the agents was hit, Estrada said. The agents were sent to the area after a sensor sounded an alarm at a Border Patrol station, said Agent Sean King, a Border Patrol spokesman in Tucson.

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