On June 18 in the early morning, Border Patrol agents spotted a boat carrying about 20 illegals off the coast of Encinitas, CA. The agents tried several times to hail the boat’s pilot, but to no avail. They fired warning shots, but still the boat didn’t stop. The boats collided and the panga capsized. Agents pulled everyone out of the water and provided CPR to 32-year-old Graciela Lopez Franco from the Mexican state of Jalisco. She died after being flown to a hospital.
Lawsuits are a familiar occurrence when it comes to immigration activist organizations. Breitbart News previously reported on the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) actively seeking out illegal aliens who have been returned to Mexico in what is called a return-and-sue effort.
A 2014 report details a Texas rancher who said one of his biggest fears is being sued by illegal immigrants who may be injured or die while crossing his property. Attempts are constantly made to circumvent immigration checkpoints and the rancher says illegal entrants are regularly found on his property.
All 20 in the boat were suspected to be attempting to enter the country illegally. Most have been detained in the U.S. as material witnesses in pending criminal charges against two alleged smugglers. The U-T reported that one of the individuals charged in the alleged smuggling attempt claims he simply helped with fueling the boat in exchange for a $4,000 discount on the $10,000 smuggling fee he was charged to cross into the U.S.
Agents with CBP in southern California have described extreme measures that human smugglers will go to in transporting their cargo at sea. Some have described smugglers taking boats far out to sea into international waters in order to avoid detection. It is unknown how many of these boats and their occupants may have been lost to the sea.
what were the agents thinking. they must have known that doing their job would have the opposite affect in the very govt for which they are employed.
How DARE we protect our borders!! Who do those border patrol folks think they are? Law enforcement??!!
Do they have rights in this country, NO
Kill em…no witnesses!
Only thing they should be sued for is not killing the rest of them
I certainly hope this is a hoax
Not possible! Check you laws!
What’s wrong with THAT picture?
P**s on them Should have Run over Them,!!!! Americans have your backs
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