Cmdr. Jeffrey Self, of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, flanked to his left by Acting Chief Patrol Agent Manuel Padilla, releases a statement on Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, at the Tucson Sector Headquarters in Tucson, Ariz. A preliminary investigation has found friendly fire likely was to blame in a shooting that killed U.S. Border Patrol Agent Nicholas J. Ivie and wounded another along the Arizona-Mexico border, the FBI said Friday, shaking up the probe into an incident that re-ignited the political debate over security on the border. (AP Photo/Arizona Daily Star, Mike Christy) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; PAC-12 OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
FBI: Friendly fire likely in border shootings
Cmdr. Jeffrey Self, of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, flanked to his left by Acting Chief Patrol Agent Manuel Padilla, releases a statement on Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, at the Tucson Sector Headquarters in Tucson, Ariz. A preliminary investigation has found friendly fire likely was to blame in a shooting that killed U.S. Border Patrol Agent Nicholas J. Ivie and wounded another along the Arizona-Mexico border, the FBI said Friday, shaking up the probe into an incident that re-ignited the political debate over security on the border. (AP Photo/Arizona Daily Star, Mike Christy) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; PAC-12 OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
By JACQUES BILLEAUD
Associated Press /
October 6, 2012
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Twenty-six Border Patrol agents have died in the line of duty since 2002.
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Associated Press writers Brian Skoloff in Phoenix, Susan Montoya Bryan in Albuquerque, N.M., and Olga R. Rodriguez in Mexico City contributed to this report.
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