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MarineCombatEngineer

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5. Jonathon Ross was an ICE-stapo agent, not a CBP agent,

Reply to dpibel (Reply #4)

Tue Jan 27, 2026, 10:10 PM

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and I get your point, but this area of AZ is a known smuggling route and this guy was well known to the CBP agents and, if reports are accurate, was wanted for an earlier incident.

Not all CBP agents are bad guys, the ones I've dealt with on my travels have been nothing but professionals.

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This area of AZ is pretty remote and a known smuggling route, MarineCombatEngineer Tuesday #1

Possible, but... regnaD kciN Tuesday #2

This wasn't ICE-stapo, it was CBP agents who regularly patrol that area of the AZ./Mexico border. nt MarineCombatEngineer Tuesday #3

You mean the guys that just murdered Alex Pretti? dpibel Tuesday #4

Jonathon Ross was an ICE-stapo agent, not a CBP agent, MarineCombatEngineer Tuesday #5

My bad. He used to be CBP dpibel Tuesday #6

Back in the nineties, I would take my children fishing at Arivaca Lake. Ptah Tuesday #7