2 Border Patrol agents shot, expected to live Susan Carroll
Republic Tucson Bureau
Jul. 1, 2005 12:00 AM
Two U.S. Border Patrol agents were shot by suspected drug smugglers on Thursday afternoon near Nogales but were expected to survive, authorities said.
Border Patrol spokesman Jose Garza said the agents were "ambushed" about 12:30 p.m. near Arizona 82 and Dusquene Road. Both were shot in the leg and hospitalized in "stable" condition in Tucson late Thursday.
The agents were tracking a group of suspected drug smugglers near the U.S.-Mexican border, said Santa Cruz County Sheriff Tony Estrada. Investigators believe the suspected smugglers fired on the agents as they approached and then fled back to Mexico, Estrada said.
No suspects have been arrested in the shooting, which is under investigation by the FBI.
Since Oct. 1, the start of the fiscal year, the Border Patrol has recorded 196 assaults on agents, including 24 shootings.
In the same time last year, 92 assaults were reported, and only five were shootings, Garza said.
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