A third agent driving an unmarked Border Patrol vehicle joined behind the vehicle and the marked Border Patrol vehicle a short time later. The second agent continued to follow the vehicle on SR 90.
The agents confirmed it was the same vehicle that fled earlier in the day and one agent passed the vehicle on SR 90 to prepare a vehicle immobilization device for deployment in case the vehicle again failed to yield. Two Border Patrol agents in separate vehicles were at a nearby checkpoint and observed the vehicle traveling north on SR 90 at approximately 3:37 p.m. Border Patrol Station broadcast the search for the vehicle over the service radio at approximately 2:26 p.m. The sheriff’s deputy stopped the pursuit due to the driver’s erratic driving and issued a be-on-the-lookout bulletin for the vehicle to county-wide law enforcement agencies. On July 28, 2022, at approximately 1:09 p.m., a Cochise County Sheriff’s Office deputy attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a vehicle with a temporary license plate on Davis Road near mile marker 18 between the towns of Tombstone and McNeal, Ariz. Twenty were due to unknown or other causes, including 4 cases of alleged suicide and 8 drownings.įor additional information about these encounters and data visualizations, please visit the Abuse of Power and Its Consequences page of Border Lens. Fifteen deaths were homicides carried out by off-duty officers and in these cases, agents were often charged, convicted and sentenced to prison time. In addition, 50 of the deaths were related to failure to provide adequate medical attention or medical emergencies, either while individuals were in CBP custody or directly after an encounter with agents. Another 74 deaths were due to vehicle collisions involving Border Patrol, the majority (63) of which occurred during high-speed car chases initiated by Border Patrol. According to a 2020 report from the Government Accountability Office, CBP does not have reliable information on deaths and has not consistently reported death-related information to Congress.Īccording to SBCC's analysis, 60 of these deaths were caused by an on-duty CBP agent’s use of force including a fatal shooting, asphyxiation, a Taster, beating or a chemical agent.
Many more have been brutalized, in some cases causing life-altering injuries.
SBCC has tracked these deaths based on media coverage and press releases from CBP at the time of these incidents. Since January 2010, over 230 people have died as the result of an encounter with a CBP agent.
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