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CBP’s Deployment of Tire Deflation Device Results in Two Deaths

6/5/20 AILA Doc. No. 20060831. Admissions & Border

On June 2, 2020, CBP personnel, in pursuit of a vehicle north of Douglas, AZ, occupied by one U.S. citizen and four undocumented immigrants, deployed a tire deflation device that resulted in the vehicle losing control and rolling over. The rollover resulted in two deaths – one occupant died on the scene, and the driver, who was determined to be a U.S. citizen, later died at a local hospital.

Cite as AILA Doc. No. 20060831.

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