Just talked to Kingfish on the Campo Line. About 12:30 Pacific Time, Kingfish observed a lone Mexican "Mule" infiltrating the USA along a sheer wall of granite on the West wall of Smith Canyon, heading north. The alien was wearing a very large rucksack, and wearing olive drab camoflauge clothing. Kingfish "dropped the dime" on the smuggler, and within a very few minutes a Border Patrol unit appeared, but did not "appear" to spot the smuggler.
The smuggler must have panicked a little, and started heading back towards Mexico, to the south. About this time, another B.P. agent on foot appeared from "out of nowhere" on foot, (they often do this... pull up and then drive off, having let an agent sneak out of the vehicle on the far side) and gave foot pursuit to the smuggler, angling over to prevent the smuggler from making it back to Mexico, and forcing the Mexican back northward, and downward into Smith Canyon.
The B.P. Agent started closing the distance on the smuggler who was encumbered by his large pack, and rocky terrain. The smuggler became trapped out on a high point of granite, and the B.P. Agent was within 40 yards or less and closing in, and then... the smuggler made a jump off the cliff that was at least 20 feet high. Kingfish said he crashed through a large tree with plenty of thorns on it, and hitting the steep slope of the mountainside, rolled and tumbled another 25 or 30 yards before coming to a halt! Kingfish said he last saw the Mexican heading northward and downward, having escaped the Border Patrol at least temporarily, but "Having paid the price," in Kingfish's words.
The Mexican was last seen, limping and hobbling badly, with his clothes badly torn and shredded. A little later another Mexican was spotted in the same area, but without a pack.
J J
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