- Police Brutality Watch

A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and wounded a suspected illegal immigrant who was threatening him with a knife early yesterday in the mountains near Campo, authorities said. The unidentified man suffered minor injuries when at least one bullet struck him in the leg. He was treated at a hospital and then jailed, Border Patrol spokesman Steve McPartland said. The agent was on patrol about 2 a.m. when he surprised a group of nearly 20 people walking in the rugged mountains near Old Highway 80 and Buckman Springs Road about 10 miles north of Campo, McPartland said. Seventeen people in the group were arrested, including the man who was shot, McPartland said. Border Patrol agents in San Diego County have arrested more than 118,000 people since July 1, 2003, McPartland said. [more

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