Gunfire pins down cops at border
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2004 8:08 am
Gunfire pins down cops at border
ARIZONA DAILY STAR
Police and federal agents were trapped Tuesday morning five miles east of the Naco port of entry by gunfire from men believed to be Mexican drug dealers, officials said.
The incident started when a Bisbee police officer spotted a Chevrolet Tahoe carrying bundles of marijuana traveling with a Ford F-250 west on Arizona 92, said Kevin Hoskins, a detective with the Bisbee Police Department.
The officer chased the trucks onto a border road and the Tahoe escaped into Mexico about six miles east of Naco, he said. The Ford broke down near the border, where the passenger and driver ran into Mexico, said Andy Adame, a spokesman for the Border Patrol's Tucson sector.
Within minutes a vehicle pulled up to the border from Mexico and opened fire with automatic weapons, pinning down four officers nearest the Ford.
One of the gunmen ran to the Ford, grabbed a suitcase from inside and ran away as others opened fire on the truck again, Hoskins said.
"It looked like it was an attempt to ignite the vehicle," he said of about 25 rounds that were fired. No one was injured.
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ARIZONA DAILY STAR
Police and federal agents were trapped Tuesday morning five miles east of the Naco port of entry by gunfire from men believed to be Mexican drug dealers, officials said.
The incident started when a Bisbee police officer spotted a Chevrolet Tahoe carrying bundles of marijuana traveling with a Ford F-250 west on Arizona 92, said Kevin Hoskins, a detective with the Bisbee Police Department.
The officer chased the trucks onto a border road and the Tahoe escaped into Mexico about six miles east of Naco, he said. The Ford broke down near the border, where the passenger and driver ran into Mexico, said Andy Adame, a spokesman for the Border Patrol's Tucson sector.
Within minutes a vehicle pulled up to the border from Mexico and opened fire with automatic weapons, pinning down four officers nearest the Ford.
One of the gunmen ran to the Ford, grabbed a suitcase from inside and ran away as others opened fire on the truck again, Hoskins said.
"It looked like it was an attempt to ignite the vehicle," he said of about 25 rounds that were fired. No one was injured.
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