Wow, they had a shootout in the middle of Houston, Texas as one group
of kidnapping illegal alien smuggling coyotes tried to kidnap their cargo
Houston police seek gunmen in human smuggling-related shootout4/19/2007
Associated Press
http://www.news8austin.com/content/your_news/default.asp?ArID=182749
HOUSTON -- Houston police are seeking as many as five gunmen who turned a freeway and intersection into the scene of a shootout.
Authorities say the gunfire is suspected to involve one human smuggling gang trying to steal a load of illegal immigrants from a rival group.
Investigators are waiting to examine video from red light cameras at the intersection.
Yesterday's shootout left one man dead. Authorities say 43-year-old Jose Amilcar Reyes Guidos was a suspected illegal immigrant from El Salvador.
Another suspected illegal immigrant, Moises DeJesus Mejia, 34, was in critical condition after being shot in the head and run over by a truck driven by fleeing suspects.
A third person, who told Houston police he was an innocent bystander and hit by a stray bullet, was treated and released.
Two other suspected illegal immigrants have been detained. The rest fled.