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Name Not Disclosed
Gender : Male
Age :
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 03/23/2023
Location : Marker 311 on I-10
City : Rodeo
County : Cochise
State : Arizona
Agency : CBP Border Patrol
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed during CBP police hunting migrants
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Customs and Border Protection chased a vehicle with migrants into a crash with one death and multiple injuries near Rodeo, New Mexico on 03/23/2023. CBP declined to give further details.
Border Patrol used spike strips on Highway 80 and the targeted vehicle crashed a few miles later while trying to enter the interstate asthey hit a New Mexico Department of Transportation vehicle head on.
The driver of the fleeing vehicle died at the scene. Four migrant passengers were hospitalized with injuries, along with the driver and passengers from the Department of Transportation vehicle. The chase was allegedly “ordered terminated” but for unclear reasons, officers continued the hunt long and caused this crash. All injured and killed were destitute undocumented migrants.
