A sheriff's deputy has been shot and injured in the US state of Arizona by suspected illegal immigrants believed to be involved in marijuana smuggling.
Pinal County Deputy Louie Puroll came upon a group of suspected smugglers when patrolling alone in a rugged area in south of Phoenix on Friday afternoon.
The fire from one of the five drug traffickers found the 53-year-old lawman above his left kidney.
"He was out on his routine daily patrol in the area when he encountered a load of marijuana out in the desert. He obviously confronted the individuals and took fire," Pinal County sheriff's Lt. Tamatha Villar told AP, adding that a team of Purroll's colleagues searched the area for a long time to find him wounded.
Purroll was taken to the hospital and left the medical center Friday night.
A manhunt has been organized by the state's law enforcement agencies to arrest the man and his colleagues.
The incident comes amid a national debate over Arizona's tough new immigration law.
"Regardless of the outcome of tonight's manhunt and investigation, Arizona is now confronted by some of the most vicious and dangerous narco-terror organizations the world has seen," said Arizona Governor Jan Brewer who has recently signed a controversial law on illegal immigrants.
Analysts say the legislation could have huge political fallout.
The law will open the door to racial profiling in the southwestern state.
It has drawn a storm of protests from civil rights activists.
Several rights groups are now challenging the new law in court.
Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=125082§ionid=3510203.
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