Death by Cop- 2024

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Name Not Disclosed

Gender : Female

Age :

Race : Latinx

Date : 01/24/2024

Location : SR-185 U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint

City : El Paso

County : El Paso

State : Texas

Agency : CBP Border Patrol

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

A Border Patrol agent from the Las Cruces Station responded in a Mobile Video Surveillance System truck, along with another agent in a marked vehicle and a K9 handler in an unmarked unit.The K9 unit tried to traffic-stop the vehicle. At least 2 CBP units chased the vehicle. The agents admitted that they turned off their lights and sirens due to bad weather. The logic of this explanation is not clear. Police allege they briefly lost sight of the vehicle and found it crashed. This is a common explanation in police hunting migrants and other vehicles as it shifts responsibility away from officers who “lose” a vehicle they are chasing moments before a fatal crash. One Guatemalan woman died in the crash. It is unclear why police hunted the vehicle.

 

SOURCE LINKS :

https://sanangelolive.com/news/crashes/2024-08-06/1-dead-2-injured-rollover-crash-after-border-patrol-pursuit