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Two U.S. Border Patrol agents chasing a group of suspected illegal immigrants were killed early Thursday after their SUV was struck by a freight train near Gila Bend, Ariz., about 80 miles north of the Mexico border.
Hector Clark, 39, and Edward Rojas, 34, were assisting other agents in the early-morning chase when they attempted to cross the tracks ahead of the 4,600-ton train, said Robert Lowry, an agency spokesman.
Both agents died at the scene.
The crew aboard the westbound Union Pacific freight train saw the vehicle driving on a frontage road north of the tracks when the unmarked SUV suddenly turned south onto a private crossing immediately in front of the fast-moving train, said Aaron Hunt, a Union Pacific Railroad spokesman.
Clark and Rojas attempted to cross the tracks to "box-in" the group of suspected illegal immigrants, Lowry said.
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U.S. Border Patrol agents killed by train during chase in Arizona - latimes.com
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Two more deaths that can be attibuted to illegal invaders from Mexico. More American deaths because our heroes in Washington don't want to upset the lower lifeforms from Mexico.