Drug smuggler dies after jumping from his SUV

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Border patrol agents chasing a suspected drug smuggler today say the suspect died from injuries after he jumped out the SUV he was driving.

A suspected drug trafficker dies Tuesday morning after a single vehicle accident while trying to get away from border patrol agents.

The incident takes place south of military and Valleyview roads near the Rio Grande.

According to authorities,,, the suspect driving an SUV loaded with narcotics, turned around and headed back towards the river — but he was seriously injured as he attempted to exit the vehicle in motion. The man was later pronounced dead by a local justice of the peace

But this is not the first incident where a suspected smuggler dies as he tries to evade arrest. The last incident back in September involves a human smuggler carrying 14 undocumented immigrants in a pickup truck —- he bails out of the moving truck near the entrance of Bentsen state park, but is pinned against a tree