According to Officer.com, the U.S. Border Patrol has recorded close to 100 more assaults against agents so far in 2008 than last year.
The latest incident recorded on a video taken from an area east of the San Ysidro Port of Entry known as "the soccer field" showed a man shooting rocks from a slingshot at an US Border Patrol Agent near the border.
In January, one agent, Luis Aguilar, was killed when he was struck by a suspected smuggler's vehicle while trying to place spike strips in the roadway.
U.S. Border Patrol Agent Luis Aguilar, killed in January 2008. On the right is the man accused of driving the vehicle which intentionally stuck and killed Agent Aguilar. He was arrested in Mexico but later released by a Mexican judge.
As a retired sailor and also as a retired law enforcement officer, Soap Box Ravings can't help but wonder if jailing US Border Patrol Agents who shoot and kill convicted criminals caught smuggling does not encourage more smugglers while reducing the individual US Border Patrol Agents motivation to enforce US law.
Soap Box Ravings also notes that while using stop sticks to stop a smugglers escapades in the US is a lot more dangerous to the individual agents than just shooting the smuggler from a safe distance.
The US Border between Mexico and the United States is a war zone, but the war is being fought with police tactics on our side and quasi-military or guerrilla tactics from the Mexico based drug/people smugglers. The criminals only rules are to get through and make money. They do not care if they kill on either side of the border or even if the lose the people they are smuggling as long as they are paid.
Soap Box Ravings is among the many who believe that is time to take control of our border. It is time to support the US Border Patrol by building proper fences and giving them the backing from our government they need to stop the flow of illegals across our borders.
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