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U.S. Border Patrol agents this weekend were involved in three violent encounters, found 1,400 pounds of marijuana inside a truck that crashed at the border on the Tohono O'odham Nation and discovered 43 illegal immigrants in a Nogales drop house.

In the first violent encounter, an agent fired at an oncoming truck about 9:45 p.m. Sunday near Arivaca Road southwest of Tucson, said Rob Daniels, Border Patrol Tucson Sector spokesman. The incident started when a Border Patrol agent on foot near Arivaca Road spotted a 2001 Ford pickup full of people on the north side of the road.

As he approached the vehicle, 12 illegal immigrants fled. The driver stayed in the truck and drove toward the agent. At that point, the agent fired his weapon, Daniels said. It's unclear how many shots he fired. The agent wasn't hurt, and the 12 people were caught by other agents.

They found the truck nearby but didn't find the driver.

About 2:30 a.m. Sunday an agent was struck by a black Ford pickup near the village of Cocklebur on the Tohono O'odham Nation, Daniels said. The agent was northbound on a remote road when he spotted the pickup truck full of people. It looked like it was stuck so the agent got out of his vehicle and began walking toward it.

The driver of the truck drove directly at the agent, striking him and knocking him to the ground. The vehicle drove away. Other agents found the truck about three-fourths of a mile from the area but didn't find the driver or the occupants. There were an estimated 20 people in the truck, which was reported stolen in Phoenix.

The agent was treated and released with a sprained right ankle and left arm, Daniels said.

On Saturday, an agent standing close to the border fence east of downtown Nogales was hit in the chest with a baseball-sized rock by a suspected smuggling scout, Daniels said.

The agent was waiting for some illegal immigrants to head north when a man lobbed some rocks toward him. The agent stood up and identified himself. That's when the man hit him in the chest with the rock. The rock-thrower turned around and ran back toward Mexico. The agent chased him but lost track of him, Daniels said. The agent didn't have serious injuries, he said.

The discovery of the 1,400 pounds of marijuana occurred about 1 a.m. Saturday after a Ford F250 pickup that was being monitored by agents crashed into the railroad-rail vehicle barriers about five miles east of the San Miguel gate on the Tohono O'odham Nation, Daniels said.

The driver and passenger fled into Mexico. Agents found the drugs inside the cab and in the bed, which had a camper shell. The vehicle had been reported stolen in Tucson.

Agents found the drop house at 11:30 p.m. Saturday after receiving a call from Nogales police, Daniels said. They found 43 illegal immigrants inside.