Statement by Governor Jan Brewer
Border Shooting Leaves Arizona in
Mourning
“Arizona has lost
another Border Patrol agent.
“In the dark hours
before daybreak, one agent was killed and another injured while on-duty along
Arizona’s southern border. It is believed they were responding to an alerted
ground sensor in a remote area near Bisbee, a short distance north of the
border. In a tragic coincidence, these agents were assigned to Brian Terry
Station – newly-dedicated and named for a U.S. Border Patrol agent murdered
under similar circumstances in Arizona less than two years ago.
“More recently, in
May 2011, we lost two more agents – Eduardo Rojas, Jr. and Hector Clark – when
they were killed in a vehicle accident while pursuing suspected drug smugglers
near Gila Bend.
“What happens next has become all-too-familiar in
Arizona. Flags will be lowered in honor of the slain agent. Elected officials
will vow to find those responsible. Arizonans and Americans will grieve, and
they should. But this ought not only be a day of tears. There should be anger,
too. Righteous anger – at the kind of evil that causes sorrow this deep, and at
the federal failure and political stalemate that has left our border unsecured
and our Border Patrol in harm’s way. Four fallen agents in less than two years
is the result.
“It has been 558 days
since the Obama administration declared the security of the U.S.-Mexico border
‘better now than it has ever been.’ I’ll remember that statement
today.”
Mesa, Arizona – Republican Congressman Jeff Flake, who represents Arizona’s Sixth District, today issued the following statement on the shooting of two border patrol agents, one who was killed and the other wounded, near the Brian Terry Station in the Tucson Sector of Border Patrol:
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the agents’ families at this difficult time,” said Flake. “Violence along Arizona’s border cannot be tolerated by the federal government any longer. The federal government must commit the necessary resources to secure the border, because that’s simply not happening right now.”
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Statement of Attorney General Tom Horne on the death of a
U.S. Border Patrol Agent
PHOENIX (Tuesday, October 02, 2012) – Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne today released the following statement regarding the on-duty death of a U.S. Border Patrol Agent working the international border near Naco, Az.:
“The news today that a U.S. Border Patrol Agent was killed and one of his partners hurt in a border enforcement action near Naco, Arizona is another tragic reminder of the extreme conditions on this portion of the U.S. – Mexico border.
Every day, hundreds of brave men and women don a uniform and put their lives on the line to protect American citizens, and the agent in this terrible incident offered the ultimate sacrifice in the course of duty.
I offer my deep condolences to the family of the slain agent as well as best wishes for the swift and full recovery of the agent who was wounded. And I am grateful to all the selflessly dedicated men and women of the Border Patrol who so willingly place themselves in harm’s way so that our nation can be secure.”
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