The signs of violence in this region are everywhere along the border. Here’s another example of how the violence is impacting American lives.
By ELLIOT SPAGAT
Associated Press Writer
SAN DIEGO – A man suspected of killing a U.S. Border Patrol agent last year by running him over with a drug-loaded Hummer was arrested Wednesday near a Mexican resort town, the FBI said.
Mexican federal agents arrested Jesus Navarro Montes, 22, near Zihuatenejo in an operation coordinated with the FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service, the FBI said. The U.S. government is seeking his extradition on drug charges.
FBI agents in San Diego want to question Navarro, a Mexican citizen, about the January 2008 death of Border Patrol Agent Luis Aguilar in southeastern California’s Imperial Sand Dunes, where marijuana smugglers have long mixed in with recreational dune riders.
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