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Related: About this forumTexas trooper who fired from helicopter was trying to disable truck during chase, kills 2
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LA JOYA, Texas - A Texas state trooper who fired on a pickup truck from a helicopter and killed two illegal immigrants during a chase through the desert was trying to disable the vehicle and suspected it was being used to smuggle drugs, authorities said Friday.
The disclosure came a day after the incident that left two Guatemalan nationals dead on an isolated gravel road near the town of La Joya, just north of the Mexico border.
State game wardens were the first to encounter the truck Thursday. After the driver refused to stop, they radioed for help and state police responded, according to Parks and Wildlife Department spokesman Mike Cox.
When the helicopter with a sharpshooter arrived, officers concluded that the truck appeared to be carrying a "typical covered drug load" on its bed and was travelling at reckless speeds, police said.
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/world/Diplomats+investigate+arrest+Guatemalans+after+deadly+chase+through/7453096/story.html#ixzz2AWyJ8pgO
The disclosure came a day after the incident that left two Guatemalan nationals dead on an isolated gravel road near the town of La Joya, just north of the Mexico border.
State game wardens were the first to encounter the truck Thursday. After the driver refused to stop, they radioed for help and state police responded, according to Parks and Wildlife Department spokesman Mike Cox.
When the helicopter with a sharpshooter arrived, officers concluded that the truck appeared to be carrying a "typical covered drug load" on its bed and was travelling at reckless speeds, police said.
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/world/Diplomats+investigate+arrest+Guatemalans+after+deadly+chase+through/7453096/story.html#ixzz2AWyJ8pgO
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SecularMotion
Oct 2012
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One more instance of guns don't kill people--officers with guns kill people. nt
valerief
Oct 2012
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Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)1. Uh, why is this here? Wrong forum/group? nt
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Francis Marion
(250 posts)2. So what?
What's your point?
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glacierbay
(2,477 posts)3. Needs to be locked
has nothing to do with the mission of this Group.
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valerief
(53,235 posts)4. One more instance of guns don't kill people--officers with guns kill people. nt
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Peepsite
(113 posts)5. Using anti-personnel weapon as anti-vehicle weapon = fail.
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ileus
(15,396 posts)6. Law enforcement is tough business.
don't find yourself on the wrong end...
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krispos42
(49,445 posts)7. Locking
Doesn't fit under the SoP of the Group. Try GD or LBN instead.
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