By Daniel Stefanski |
Another Border Patrol agent suffered injuries near Arizona’s southern border.
On Tuesday, the Chief Patrol Agent of the U.S. Border Patrol’s Tucson Sector, John R. Modlin, announced that one of his agents had been injured while on duty. Chief Modlin wrote, “On February 13, 2024, at approximately 8:00 a.m., a vehicle being pursued by the Tohono O’odham Police Department struck a Border Patrol agent at the SR86 Immigration Checkpoint near Three Points, Arizona. Three Points Emergency Medical Services responded and determined the agent sustained non-life-threatening injuries; but airlifted the agent to Banner University Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona for treatment.”
Modlin added that the “Federal Bureau of Investigation and CBP’s Office of Professional Responsibility are investigating.”
The incident in the Tucson Border Sector follows a number of recent episodes where federal or local law enforcement agents have been injured at their southern Arizona posts. In October 2023, Chief Patrol Agent Sean L. McGoffin of CBP’s Yuma Sector announced that “a vehicle hit the checkpoint located on I-8 east of Yuma, critically injuring two of our agents. They are being treated for their injuries at a Phoenix-area hospital.”
Last fall, a Cochise County Deputy Sheriff was seriously injured as he attempted to stop a suspected smuggler, who was trying to evade apprehension in her vehicle. When talking to local media about the rash of similar incidents plaguing his county and department, Sheriff Mark Dannels said, “Just this week alone, I’ve had a patrol car damaged, I’ve had two officers, deputies that were trying to be run over by smuggler drivers. This is every day down here.”
Daniel Stefanski is a reporter for AZ Free News. You can send him news tips using this link.
