Border shooting re-ignites use of force debate

By Sandra Dibble and Debbi Baker
7:32 p.m., June 22, 2011

SAN YSIDRO — The shooting death of a 40-year-old Tijuana resident by a U.S. Border Patrol agent Tuesday night has re-ignited a debate about the agency’s use of force in rock-throwing incidents.

Mexico’s Foreign Relations Secretariat issued a statement from Mexico City Wednesday that strongly condemned the shooting, stating: “The use of firearms to repel rock attacks, which preliminary information indicates may have happened in this case, represents disproportionate use of force.â€