Two US Border Agents Shot in Arizona, One Agent Killed (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Tuesday, October 2, 2012, 8:43 AM
Two US border agents were shot today in Arizona near the checkpoint where agent Brian Terry was murdered in 2010.
One border agent was killed in the shooting.
FOX News reported:
Two U.S. Border Patrol agents were shot, one fatally, Tuesday morning in an area in south Arizona known as a major drug-smuggling corridor, authorities said.
The identities of the agents were not immediately released, but the shooting occurred at the Brian Terry Station near Naco, Ariz., which is just south of Tucson. The station was named after an agent who was killed in the line of duty in December 2010. The area is considered a remote part of the state and sources tell Fox News that the shooting occurred at 1:50 a.m. local time and about 8 miles from the border.
The injured agent was airlifted to a hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. The injured agent was shot in the ankle and buttocks, the Department of Homeland Security said.
The search for the killer is being led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office.
Two weeks ago, the station was named after Brian Terry, who died in a shootout in December 2010 not far from Tuesday’s shooting. Terry was the last agent fatally shot while on duty.
The agents were shot while patrolling in Naco, Ariz., at about 1:50 a.m. MST Tuesday, according to the Border Patrol.
More… Spanish network Univision reporter asks, “Did Fast and Furious guns kill Border Patrol agent today?”
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Joe Blow commented:
And please tell me, were the agents allowed to have only rubber bullets?
donh commented:
It is surprising to learn we still have Border agents manning check points….What is the point really ? …and why would these guest citizens shoot people who are there to sign you up for foodstamps, drivers licenses, SS numbers , free housing, and community college tuition ?
Flintstone F. commented:
Thanks for the post on this but I think I’ll just wait for the national news media to pick up and report on it, sometime next year.
Jennifer commented:
Makes me sick. Praying for the family of the fallen agent, as well as speedy recovery for the injured one. May we appreciate that our southern border is a war zone~I know, as I live just north of El Paso, in NM…AND may we do something else-because what they are doing now isn’t working.
Granny commented:
Fast and Furious guns massacred 14 or so teens in Mexico yesterday – a dozen more wounded.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/10/01/Blood-On-Holder-s-Hands-Mexican-Teenagers-Killed-With-Fast-and-Furious-Weapons
Heads need to roll over this! Obviously Eric Holder and his appointees don’t have the sense God gave a little green apple. Time for them to GO – or be impeached!
west1890 commented:
Naco is over 100 miles east of the location where Brian Terry was killed, and the two locations are not “near” the same checkpoint. I live in the area. Go to Google Maps and get driving directions from Rio Rico, Arizona to Naco, Arizona. The shortest, most direct route comes up as approximately 100 miles.
Marsh626 commented:
Yet the 5th column Left will continue to support open borders, amnesty and a long list of handouts for illegal immigrants. Traitor scum.
lizzy84 commented:
First, my prayers for the fallen and injured, their families and loved ones.
Second,“…….An FBI source has confirmed to Townhall there is a concern the weapons used today are linked to Operation Fast and Furious. We will update as more information becomes available.”
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2012/10/02/breaking_border_patrol_agent_killed_in_arizona
And remember, Eric Holder told us that he doesn’t read his email, so somebody needs to tell him about the new Border Agent shootings @ Brian Terry Station in Naco this morning.
bg commented:
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October 2, 2012
Republicans: Snatching Defeat From Jaws Of Victory
[Americans haven’t forgotten about Fast and Furious. Just because a report gives Eric Holder wiggle room to lie about how it exonerated him from involvement in the diabolical government plan intended to ultimately deprive us of our Second Amendment right to own and bear arms–the truth is that the report did not exonerate Holder as he is claiming.
What is it that makes Republicans so averse to the truth? Do
they take an oath to only hold other Republicans responsible
for innocuous statements?
“DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz told the House Oversight Committee that his team found that almost everyone inside Holder’s inner circle knew about the nefarious aspects of Fast and Furious and that Holder should have known about it, even if his investigation found no evidence that he did.” (Paul Ryan; Eric Holder Must Go Over Fast And Furious; Matthew Boyle; The Daily Caller; 9/30/12)
Horowitz also said: “We found, as we outlined in the report, we struggle to understand how an operation of this size, of this importance, that impacted another country like it did, could not have been briefed up to the attorney general of the United States. It should have been, in our view. It was that kind of a case.”
But, instead of continuing to press forward in a commitment to prove that Holder was involved in Fast and Furious–no doubt along with Janet Napolitano, Hillary Clinton, and probably Obama himself–Republicans are content to allow ATF Director Ken Melson and U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke to resign.
Considering the strong suggestion by Horowitz that Holder must have indeed been aware (and involved) in Fast and Furious, Paul Ryan has taken the strong stand (sarcasm intended) of calling for Holder to resign. Republicans, it would appear, are of the opinion that resignations should replace culpability for criminal acts when it involves government officials.]
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Blacque Jacques Shellacque commented:
Spanish network Univision reporter asks, “Did Fast and Furious guns kill Border Patrol agent today?”
They’re asking the questions the loathsome U.S. media refuses to ask.
MN Jim commented:
Don’t forget that the whole point of Fast & Furious was to set up a challenge to the 2nd amendment so the US would enact gun control. This aspect is glossed over even by the media that does report F&F. This should be a treasonable offense by obama and Holder.
Oh, wait, they didn’t know about it. Then never mind…
Chris commented:
There’s no such thing as a border anymore. President Ohbum doesn’t care.
Sparty commented:
I bet there are top level WH people there right now making damn sure no F&F guns are found- maybe they will plant a copy of that racist “Cheech and Chong” movie to blame it on.
Daisy commented:
Your title is incorrect – two agents were shot, only one was killed.
owl commented:
Prayers for their families. I feel so sorry for everyone down there. Just imagine if you owned land or had a home on these borders.
Univision goes where Professional Poop Scoopers will not. They also have HUNDREDS of dead people as a result of Obama/Holder’s little gun control plan turning into murder fiasco.
Got an email yesterday about Obama trying to open up that UN gun control by not doing a signing like Bush and Clinton did about this.
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