[pct-l] One dead, three wounded in border ambush near Campo

[Brick Robbins]

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20080614-1709-bn14shots3.html

I know there is not much interest in this with the thrus so far north,
but just so it is in the archives, here are more details on the
shooting near campo. I will make no comment on victims of Mexican vs
Mexican violence being given a free helicopter ride by US lifeflight
to receive free medical care paid for by the county of San Diego, then
most likely released from the hospital into the San Diego community
with no Border patrol follow up.

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One dead, three wounded in border ambush near Campo
 By Kristina Davis
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

5:09 p.m. June 14, 2008

CAMPO – A group of Mexicans preparing to illegally cross the border
near Campo was ambushed by armed robbers late Friday, leaving one man
dead and three others seriously wounded, Mexican authorities said
Saturday.

The three injured men ran across the U.S. border to get help and were
found by U.S. Border Patrol agents near the Mountain Empire
Recreational Park along state Route 94.

One had been shot in the leg, a second was shot in the head and a
third suffered a broken arm, said Agustin Perez, a spokesman for the
Baja California Public Safety Secretariat.

They were taken to local hospitals, including one who was flown to
Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego. Their conditions were
unavailable Saturday.

The gunfire began sometime after 10 p.m. as the group of 10 to 15 men
and women gathered at a spot called Rosa de Castilla along a popular
smuggling route on the Mexican side of the border, Perez said.

Witnesses told Tecate police that four men tried to rob them, and the
group dispersed into the wilderness.

One man was found dead from gunshot wounds, Perez said. No arrests
have been made.

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Brick Robbins
brick at fastpack.com