No ‘immigrants’ were killed in high speed chase with Border Patrol

Article author: 
Ed Straker
Article publisher: 
American Thinker
Article date: 
18 June 2018
Article category: 
National News
Medium
Article Body: 
The media, including, incredibly, Drudge, were reporting that "immigrants" had been killed in a high speed chase with the border patrol. I investigated the news reports, and can assure you that there is no evidence that a single immigrant was harmed. This is a classic example of fake news.
 
The border patrol gave chase to three suspicious vehicles in south Texas. One of the vehicles, filled with 14 people, fled at 100 miles per hour and flipped over, ejecting a number of occupants....
 
The occupants, however, were not immigrants of any kind. Immigrants don't squeeze 14 people into an SUV and run away from the border patrol. That's what illegal aliens do. The HuffPo's headline "Texas Border Patrol Chase Ends In Crash, Killing At Least 5 Immigrants" mirrors Drudge and other sources, which also called them immigrants....
 
Have you ever seen a single article blaming smugglers for the death of illegals? Have you ever seen a single article blaming illegals for their own recklessness?