A tragedy near me in Southern Arizona

This incident happened about 20 miles down I-19 from me in an area most locals wouldn't really consider that "remote".  Very sad.  People live here for the warm weather and endless sunshine but also because you can go walking, with your dog if you like, in the amazing, awesome desert that surrounds every community in this part of the country.  This desert is not only getting overrun with illegal/undocumented border crossers but also with those preying on them.  I wish the rest of the country would educate itself about what is happening here and help us get Congress to do something about it.
 

Border Patrol Agent Dies in Shootout in Arizona By MARC LACEY Published: December 15, 2010 PHOENIX — A late-night shootout Tuesday between Border Patrol agents and gunmen in a remote area of Arizona near the border with Mexico left one agent dead and four suspects in custody, and the authorities said they were searching Wednesday for one man who got away.
“The Border Patrol came across five suspects who fired at them, and the agents returned fire,” said Agent Brenda Lee Nath, a spokeswoman with the F.B.I. in Phoenix. “Unfortunately, one agent was fatally shot.”
Killed in the cross-fire was Brian A. Terry, 40, who had been an agent since 2007, the authorities said . . . .
Mr. Bonner said Mr. Terry had been attacked by bandits who prey on illegal immigrants crossing the border, robbing and sexually abusing them. Border Patrol and F.B.I. officials declined to comment on the attackers . . . .

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First, don't let this thread become political.
 
Unfortunately for the last 94 years our Federal gov't has refused to secure our borders, especially the Southern border.
I'm basing the 94 on when General Pershing went after Pancho Villa into Mexico in 1916.