An investigation is underway looking into the man who was shot down by border agents this past Saturday. The man approached the Tijuana border in a pickup truck and was unable to give proper identification. "The agent referred the driver to a secondary inspection and he quickly accelerated away," said Lieutenant Kevin Rooney of the San Diego police department, which is investigating the incident.
The man was described by officials as an older Latino male, and after he fled from police he struck another vehicle trying to evade agents before they opened fire. The man was not armed.
The Tijuana-San Diego border is the busiest land border in the world. The busy transit point is typically congested with workers and other travelers but also is used by traffickers ferrying drugs and undocumented immigrants north while illegal weapons head south to arm bandits in Mexico's bloody drug war. After the incident three of the 24 lanes were closed for investigation.
"Sometimes we get several incidents like this in a year and sometimes we can go a year without one," Rooney said.
In September, U.S. agents fired at three vans packed with about 70 illegal immigrants that tried to evade heavy security and cross into the United States. Three people in the vans and a motorist were wounded.
The man was described by officials as an older Latino male, and after he fled from police he struck another vehicle trying to evade agents before they opened fire. The man was not armed.
The Tijuana-San Diego border is the busiest land border in the world. The busy transit point is typically congested with workers and other travelers but also is used by traffickers ferrying drugs and undocumented immigrants north while illegal weapons head south to arm bandits in Mexico's bloody drug war. After the incident three of the 24 lanes were closed for investigation.
"Sometimes we get several incidents like this in a year and sometimes we can go a year without one," Rooney said.
In September, U.S. agents fired at three vans packed with about 70 illegal immigrants that tried to evade heavy security and cross into the United States. Three people in the vans and a motorist were wounded.
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