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"Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Ivie was confirmed to have been killed on federal land (see map) where law enforcement access is stymied in favor of environmental protection ...". ... Ivie, along with two other agents, responded to a border sensor in the early morning hours Tuesday about five miles into Arizona. Ivie was shot to death and one of the other agents was wounded.They were stationed out of Naco, where the Border Patrol outpost was recently renamed in honor of another slain agent who worked there: Brian Terry of the “Fast and Furious” case.... The agents were on horseback, which can navigate the rugged terrain but also comply with the rules against Border Patrol agents using mechanized transportation on wilderness lands. Another option is sending agents out on foot.Out of the more than 20 million acres of Interior Department and U.S. Forest Service land along the southern border, 4.3 million acres are classified as wilderness areas.The Center for Biological Diversity has been one of the organizations charging that greater access for the Border Patrol on federal lands would harm the environment.... much of the damage has been the result of Border Patrol vehicles riding roughshod over wilderness areas,” the center said in a September 2011 statement.But restricted enforcement on federal lands has meant that drug cartels have freer rein over the corridors — and they’re not exactly environmentally sensitive.“That’s ludicrous,” Bishop said of the environmentalist blame directed at the Border Patrol. “The bad guys are already using mechanized vehicles.”While regulations prevent the Border Patrol from constructing any paved or unpaved roads in wilderness lands, cartels have already cut 8,000 miles of off-road tracks into the Arizona border territory. Law enforcement is also prohibited from constructing watch towers or landing aircraft in the wilderness areas, which are marred by piles of trash and waste left by smugglers.
"And no confirmation of weapon sources at this clash near Brian Terry Station -http://www.theblaze.com/stories/report-two-border-patrol-agents-shot-in-arizona-one-killed/...and the scum responsible got away."No confirmation of weapons assailants used. No confirmation whether agents were armed with pistols, rifles and lethal cartridges for each. Was there a firefight? Did they return fire at all? How did the unharmed agent respond?
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57527261/fbi-friendly-fire-likely-in-border-shootings/
Quote from: Charles Oakwood on October 06, 2012, 11:55:13 AMhttp://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57527261/fbi-friendly-fire-likely-in-border-shootings/If the Border Patrol are using non-lethal weapons, how could it have been "Friendly Fire"