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The following video provides

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information regarding a US border

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patrol agent involved , pursuit and

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death in custody which occurred on

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March 8th 2024 near Calexico ,

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California CBP is committed to being a

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leader in law enforcement ,

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accountability and transparency . A

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portion of this incident was captured

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on multiple agents body worn cameras .

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That footage is being released today in

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compliance with CBP policy and the May

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25th , 2022 executive order on

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advancing effective accountable

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policing and criminal justice practices

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to enhance public trust and public

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safety . CBP began issuing body worn

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cameras in 2021 and continues to expand

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their deployment . Nationwide body worn

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cameras are worn at chess level and

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capture a general perspective within

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line of sight . From that angle , the

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camera angle prohibits viewers from

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seeing everything the agent or officer

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saw and experienced upon activation ,

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both audio and video will turn on .

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However , there is a two minute buffer

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of video without audio from prior to

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activation . This feature is designed

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to capture incidents that occur

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suddenly where an agent or officer does

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not immediately activate their camera

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on March 8th 2024 at approximately

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11:13 a.m. The us border patrol . El

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Centro Sector Communications Center

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broadcasted that a stolen vehicle

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described as a white dodge caravan was

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reportedly seen near the California

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Department of Food and Agriculture

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Station on interstate eight in Winter

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Haven , California . The following are

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us border patrol . Radio transmissions

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from the incident . Radio transmissions

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are not in real time . Long periods of

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silence have been removed for this

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video . I just received a B 20 minutes

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down over at the AG station . You've

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got a stolen vehicle going westbound I

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A from the AG station . Do we have a

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make and model ? It's a Dodge , I

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believe it's white in color . And

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um , I have two Gordons are but put

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down probably past my . It may be a

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custom license plate . Uh

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Is it a sedan or SUV ? So Dodge

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Caravan . I was ,

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I , I was last seeing westbound I eight

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at the AG station , but that was 20

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months ago , westbound I eight leaving

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the AG station . I'll shoot up from uh

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I'll probably have the best chance

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there . Yeah , that's C I'll let you

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know if I see anything but uh it , it's

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probably west of Gordon's right now at

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approximately 1129 A MA US border

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patrol agent in a border patrol ,

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marked vehicle encountered a vehicle

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matching the description at the

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intersection of interstate eight and

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state route seven near Calexico ,

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California . The agent followed the

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vehicle provided the license plate to

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El Centro sector , radio communications

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and received a confirmation that it was

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the stolen vehicle from the earlier

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broadcast . At approximately 11:33 a.m.

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the agent activated his emergency

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equipment and performed a vehicle stop

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on the southbound shoulder of state

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route seven , approximately three

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quarters of a mile south of Hebrew road .

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Once the vehicle stopped , the agent

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reportedly observed the rear driver

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side sliding door open and the agent

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directed the driver to stay inside the

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vehicle and close the door . The driver

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then opened the driver's side door and

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exited the vehicle . The agent saw what

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appeared to be a firearm in the

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driver's right hand and ordered him to

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drop it . A second agent arrived at the

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scene of the traffic stop and the

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driver re-entered his vehicle and drove

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away southbound on state route seven .

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The following are us border patrol ,

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radio transmissions from the incident .

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Radio transmissions are not in real

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time . Long periods of silence have

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been removed for this video . Uh

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Was that the plate for the sport do ?

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Because I'm right behind it . I'm going

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south on the seven . I won't let it up .

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That's the copy to the border there so

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I can have another unit come up . Yeah ,

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10 4 . That's a good copy . That is the

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uh the placer . Alright , copy ,

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I'm going south on the seven right now .

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So I'm gonna start making the way north

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and the agent's copy . Ok .

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That's no problems right now . I you

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behind that place , it's your star .

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So , hey uh

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uh what , what was the I'm on the

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seventh just north of Hebrew a few .

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Hey , everyone . Can you look apart

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just in case the he

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there were .

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Hey ,

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and uh how are you feeling

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a copy here by Howie Simon

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Heaven ? It's gonna be north , right ?

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You , you head north . I'm headed south

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just north of Heber road , headed south

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just north of Heber road . Alright ,

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continuing south just uh past he road .

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I'm gonna go ahead and attend the more

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uh vehicle not pulling over , just

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throw out of baggy outside the window

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looks like it's uh pulling up outside

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of the road right now . It's gone by a

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tr and then when you get good I just

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five if that last uh two digits . Yeah ,

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including number vehicle yielded never

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a good copy . What's your uh show me

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the vehicle on the highway seven about

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uh 50 yards south of uh Hever road

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three star somewhere .

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Have you taken off ? The following body

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worn ? Camera video was captured by one

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of the agents involved in this incident .

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The initial part of this video was

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recorded during the two minute buffer

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period and does not have audio

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in the vehicle , sir . Stay in the car ,

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stay in the car . What you hear what's

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in your hand ? Put it on the ground ,

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throw it on the ground is put the

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fucking good . Put it away , sir .

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Hey ,

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that vehicle taken off

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just for he had a small what appeared

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to be a handcuff , small handed ,

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the second agent took the primary

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position in the pursuit . And at 11:35

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a.m. broadcasted via radio , a request

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for another agent to position himself

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so that he could deploy a vehicle

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immobilization device V ID . A

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supervisory border patrol agent

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answered the agent's broadcast and

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stated he could deploy a V ad on state

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route . 98 . The dodge caravan

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continued southbound on state route

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seven and turned westbound on to state

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route 98 . The supervisor positioned

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himself approximately 3.9 miles west of

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state route seven near the intersection

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of state route 98 and Aderholt road and

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prepared to deploy the V ID at

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approximately 11:38 a.m. As the Dodge

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caravan passed his location , the

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supervisor successfully deployed the V

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ID and has subsequently deflated the

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two front tires . The agents continued

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to pursue the dodge caravan westbound

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on state route 98 . The

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following body worn camera video was

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captured by one of the agents involved

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in this incident . The initial part of

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this video was recorded during the two

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minute buffer period and does not have

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audio .

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Yeah ,

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I remember coming up

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a £20 dollars per

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has anybody thought it was 5 ft or

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worth of it or not yet ?

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Fucking fucking decision in its work

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for 15 minutes .

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A rich one , red one and then to be

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behind this gonna be a white car or a

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person , a rich one

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on the road on the road . That's gonna

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be the only way for

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the where from

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you . Great refund , refund , refund

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temper .

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We got two in the front

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at approximately 11:39 a.m. After

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traveling approximately 0.8 miles from

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the location of the V ID deployment .

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The Dodge caravan left the roadway ,

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traveled across an open area on the

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side of the road and drove into an

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irrigation ditch . The dodge caravan

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landed upside down with the windshield

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facing down on the opposite side of the

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irrigation canal and against the bank

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of the canal . Agents requested local

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emergency services via radio and

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approached the Dodge caravan and

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shouted commands but received no

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response from the driver . Agents

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attempted to open the driver's side

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door to remove the driver but were

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unsuccessful . Agents then broke out

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the vehicle's windows and observed the

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driver unconscious and pinned inside

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the vehicle between the dash and the

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floorboard because the agents could not

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get into the vehicle . They were unable

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to provide medical aid . The following

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body worn camera video was captured by

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one of the agents involved in this

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incident . This video contains graphic

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content and strong language . Viewer

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discretion is advised . Ok . We're

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passing the digit center pass the

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detention center west 50 MPH .

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It's gonna be a red car , a red car and

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then it's gonna be a white caravan or a

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passenger red car

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approaching on the road on the road .

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That's gonna be the only vehicle , only

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vehicle coming up , only vehicle coming

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up .

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I know that's gonna be the only vehicle

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only vehicle . One ,

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both of his spikes , both the SPS

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before you go .

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The , the brain was spot . Which one

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was gone ?

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I think it was . Um , ok , we have

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two flat tires , apartments , two front

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tires .

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I can't let X , did you know this thing

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keeps on coming . It's coming their way

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yet . Think he's authorized

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MT MTV V accident .

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Give her . Hey

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hey it looks like he uh cut the dump in

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and drained . Could you have him in the ?

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Yeah

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let's go play

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I don't see the dry there . I couldn't

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tell that it was a later or an actual

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go but he looked like a goat go . You I

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can't see him at all .

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Hey you

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do this one do do this one , this is it

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uh with this money one

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so put your hands up I

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there we go go

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on patrol . Ok , I'm gonna go down and

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get the window . Alright that's what ?

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Yeah

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that .

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Oh it's not good .

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Are you ? Ok so you the bar ?

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Oh

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can't see you . He's from here just

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that that's yeah that this

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this is uh he's crushed me . Hey have

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him caught fire .

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Hey can you move ? Can you respond ?

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No , I don't wanna hey can you look at

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my sp

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do you have a name ? You have a night ?

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Yeah . Harry B

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I think could be the only one . He's

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not , he's not moving .

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I can just see only one . Just one .

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Yeah .

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Ah , push your , well ,

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because I can , I can grab the legs and

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put them out right now . Right .

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Yeah , it's our band . Ah , it's b ,

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not responsive , right . You see he's

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out , he's out

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at approximately 11:56 a.m. Imperial

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County fire and an American medical

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response ambulance arrived on scene a

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short time later , the driver was

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pronounced deceased at approximately

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1:14 p.m. The Imperial County medical

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examiner arrived on scene and assumed

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custody of the driver's body at the

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scene of the collision . An agent

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involved in the pursuit reported to a

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supervisor and other agents that while

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following the white dodge caravan , the

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agent saw the driver throw what

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appeared to be a baggy out of the

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window near the intersection of Heba

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road and state route . Seven agents

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seized a handgun from the scene of the

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collision and a baggie containing

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suspected narcotics was discovered near

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the intersection of Hebrew road and

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state route seven . On March 18th 2024

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the San Diego County medical examiner

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conducted an autopsy of the deceased

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individual California highway patrol

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and the medical examiner are currently

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investigating this incident . And the

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CBP Office of Professional

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Responsibility is reviewing the

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incident . CB P's National Use of Force

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Review Board will review this incident

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at the conclusion of the investigation .

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Links to this video as well as public

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statements about this and other

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incidents and key accountability

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related policies and data can be found

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online at

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cbp.gov/transparency .