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U.S. Border Patrol Agent Killed Attempting to Stop Suspected Smugglers

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January 20, 2008

YUMA AZ NEWS -- A U.S. Border Patrol agent has died attempting to stop suspected smugglers believed to have entered the United States illegally. The Agent, while deploying a controlled tire deflation device to stop two vehicles driven by the suspected smugglers, was struck and killed. After striking the Border Patrol agent, both vehicles escaped into Mexico.

Senior Patrol Agent Luis Aguilar, a 32-year-old father, was assigned to the Yuma, Arizona Border Patrol Station and was working near Andrade, California when he was killed in the line of duty on Saturday, at approximately 9:30 A.M., January 19, 2008, on Interstate 8 in the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreational Area, which is located about twenty miles west of Yuma, Arizona.

Border Patrol Chief David Aguilar said, "This is tragic reminder of the dangers our agents face in the line of duty. Despite the ever-present, ever-increasing violence, we will continue to work toward securing America's borders and making our country, our communities safer places to be. We mourn the loss of one of our own. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family, friends, and fellow agents." (Amen)

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is leading the investigating with full cooperation from other federal, state, and local authorities. Mexican law enforcers and military have also been contacted and are lending full support toward the capture of those involved.

The U.S. Border Patrol has described the two vehicles suspected in the agent's death, as a brown Hummer and a red Ford F-250 pickup.

Anyone with any information that could lead to law enforcement to the suspected smugglers driving of these two vehicles in the area of Arizona, California and Mexico, is urged to call FBI Phoenix Division immediately at (602) 279-5511.

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