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BP in high-speed pursuit: Two dead; multiple injuries

Nine days after The Advance News Journal published an editorial asking the question — are high-speed pursuits made by Border Patrol and the DPS chasing undocumented immigrants worth the danger? — a fatal crash occurred last Friday night (April 15) that killed two people and sent multiple people to the ER.According to the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Department, Border Patrol agents were trying to stop a 2002 GMC Sierra, which was occupied by seven people trying to evade law enforcement (Border Patrol).The driver lost control near U.S. 281 and FM 490, approximately eight miles east of Edinburg, near the evening hours,

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