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Mexican police end pursuit

Men trying to escape Anaheim police flee to Mexico, but are shot crossing the border.

By KIMBERLY EDDS

The Orange County Register

ANAHEIM – Two men trying to escape Anaheim police were shot by Mexican federal officers early Friday morning after a high-speed chase that stretched from Anaheim to the Mexican border.

The chase began just after midnight Friday when an Anaheim police officer tried to pull over a black car near Beach and Ball boulevards, Anaheim police Sgt. Steve Peña said.

The driver sped off and lost the officer. Another officer found the car and chased it onto the southbound San Diego (5) freeway at Brookhurst Street, Peña said.

"We don't know why he ran," Peña said. "He just took off."

While police cars from Anaheim and California Highway patrol raced after the car on the freeway, the two men inside the black car threw things out the windows. A police helicopter watched the chase from above.

Officers tried to end the pursuit by throwing a spike strip onto the freeway in San Clemente, but the strip broke in two, Peña said.

The suspect drove between the two pieces, but an Anaheim cruiser and a CHP patrol car ran over the spikes and flattened their tires.

The black car kept driving south, blowing through the San Ysidro Port of Entry to Mexico.

Mexican federal officers opened fire on the car, hitting both the driver and passenger, Peña said.

Both men are expected to survive. Their names have not been released.

None of the things tossed out of the car during the chase have not been found, Peña said.

The make and model of the suspect's car was not immediately available.