9 suspected illegal immigrants killed in van rollover
Reports that one male was taken into custody and three others fled the wreckage.Most of those involved in the crash were Mexican citizens, according to Enrique Mendiola, acting assistant chief for the Border Patrol's Rio Grande Valley sector, the Associated Press reports .
Police Cmdr. Lenny Sanchez says the van, designed to carry a driver and up to seven passengers, had been gutted to squeeze in 19 people who authorities believe entered the country illegally, the AP says.
Mendiola says some passengers fled the van after Border Patrol agents had stopped it and another vehicle. As agents chased the passengers on foot, the van took off.


The assailant missed the two men but hit a white Chevrolet Astro van three times, Parker told the station. The suspect then holed up in a nearby house,