News: Another Migrant Killed, Another Migrant Killed, and the Death Beat Goes On

Migrant Killed

The nation’s busiest border crossing reopened early Friday after being shut down for nine hours when federal authorities shot and killed the driver of a vehicle headed for Mexico, officials said. One passenger in the vehicle was arrested on smuggling charges after the shooting. Four others were illegal immigrants who told investigators they had paid someone to pick them up, San Diego police said in a statement. The four were being processed Friday for deportation, Lt. Jeff Sferra said.   Click here for the story.

Another Migrant Killed

The Jim Hogg County Sheriff’s Office in South Texas is investigating the death of an undocumented immigrant who was run over by a border patrol agent during a chase on a ranch here early Wednesday, authorities said. Border Patrol agents were giving chase to a group of border crossers when one of the immigrants apparently hid by lying down in high grass, Jim Hogg County Sheriff Erasmo Alarcon said. Click http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA051906.1B.migrantdeath.21d53321.htmlKJ