San Diego Border Agent Dies While On Duty at the Border - Just in from Campo Minutemen
July 28th, 2007Well.. what do you think? Could it be he was afraid to use his official weapon because of US Attorneys like Johnny Sutton who prosecutes Border Agents under USC 924C - a gun statute created to increase the severity of a crime committed with a firearm?
UPDATED: 8:27 pm PDT July 27, 2007
SAN DIEGO — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said a Border Patrol agent died in the line of duty.According to a news release, 31-year-old Eric Cabral died on Thursday. Cabral died at a local hospital after he was extracted from Jacumba, Calif. Cabral was conducting patrol duties on foot near the De Anza Springs Resort when the incident occurred, the news release stated.Authorities said Cabral and his partner were tracking a group of suspected illegal aliens north of Interstate 8 near Jacumba when they separated. They then lost radio contact, and another agent found Cabral unresponsive near the De Anza Springs Resort, the news release stated. Cabral was taken by air to a local hospital, but medical personnel were unable to revive him.
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