Thread: Border shooting re-ignites use of force debate

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€

TV 10 San Diego:

10News learned from two sources within the U.S. Border Patrol that the man in custody and the man who was killed were both smugglers with the same criminal organization. The sources said the man in custody was released from a U.S. prison in January and was convicted in 2008 on smuggling and assault charges.

The man who was killed also had a record, according to the sources. They said he had 19 prior known cases of smuggling and assaults.

http://www.10news.com/news/28316318/detail.html

Score
BP agents 1
Rock chucking savage 0