Thread: Mexican teenager hurt in incident at U.S. border

Mexican teenager hurt in incident at U.S. border
Sun Jan 13, 2008 12:42pm EST
TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - A teenager was injured when U.S. border patrol agents fired tear gas into Mexico over the weekend, despite a Mexican government complaint that U.S. agents were using excessive force.

Fifteen-year-old Cristian Saldana was hit in the nose by a tear gas canister on Saturday after he threw stones at border patrol agents trying to stop people from illegally crossing into the United States, witnesses said.

The teenager required stitches at a local hospital.

Mexico's government criticized the U.S. border patrol for using excessive force after border patrol agents fired tear gas in another incident on Friday.

Mexico said it would investigate the use of tear gas by U.S agents, which it said has disturbed families in their homes.

In the Tijuana neighborhood where the incidents occurred, some homes are less than 10 meters (30 feet) from the border fence.

Mexican human rights commission official Heriberto Garcia said his organization has documented at least six cases of U.S. border agents firing tear gas into Mexico since November.

"We expect the Mexican government to do something to stop these attacks," he told reporters. "After yesterday, it's clear the U.S. government has not listened."

A U.S. border patrol spokeswoman told El Universal newspaper that officers would continue using tear gas to ward off aggression at the border.

The United States is erecting fencing and installing high-tech surveillance equipment along hundreds of miles of the frontier with Mexico to try to stem the tide of illegal immigration from the south.

http://www.reuters.com/article/domestic ... 0520080113

"We expect the Mexican government to do something to stop these attacks," he told reporters. "After yesterday, it's clear the U.S. government has not listened."

No. I think the U.S. government heard everything it needed to hear. But if Mexican teenagers keep provoking our Border Patrol Agents, and trying to harm them by throwing rocks and using other items as weapons against out agents, then America is going to react. Good for our agents!

"We expect the Mexican government to do something to stop these attacks," he told reporters. "After yesterday, it's clear the U.S. government has not listened."

What're ya gonna do about it??? Lucky it was just a tear gas cannister and not a bullet for the rock thrower.

Yes , it is tear gas

I heard a news report the other day that said when attacked
the BP are authorized to use deadly force

If the attacks are coming from mexico our guys are
totally in the right to do what they have to

Fifteen-year-old Cristian Saldana was hit in the nose by a tear gas canister on Saturday after he threw stones at border patrol agents trying to stop people from illegally crossing into the United States, witnesses said.

MEXICO needs to arrest and charge Cristian Saldana with assault with deadly weapons, deliquency, inciting rebellion, associating with smugglers and anything else they can think of.
Rock throwing is dangerous, in fact the Islam religion calls for 'public stoning deaths' for punishment of certain crimes.

Mexico's government criticized the U.S. border patrol for using excessive force after border patrol agents fired tear gas in another incident on Friday.

MEXICO plays the 'victim' role when Mexicans initiate the attacks and the border agents respond with great restraint.

Mexico said it would investigate the use of tear gas by U.S agents, which it said has disturbed families in their homes.
In the Tijuana neighborhood where the incidents occurred, some homes are less than 10 meters (30 feet) from the border fence.

MEXICO needs to investigate and arrest the attackers. MEXICO needs to patrol and control its side of the border. MEXICO needs to take action against those who attack our agents. MEXICO needs to clean up its side of the border--a clean zone, free of buildings extending X yards from the border.

Governments will always misuse the machinery of the law as far as the state of public opinion permits.
- Emile Capouya

Mexico's government criticized the U.S. border patrol for using excessive force after border patrol agents fired tear gas in another incident on Friday.

Mexico is upset we used teargas, but the following is not excessive force?
(I know it has had threads dedicated to it, I am using it strictly for comparison purposed)

Border Patrol agents called for backup after seeing that Mexican Army troops had several mounted machine guns on the ground more than 200 yards inside the U.S. border – near Neely's Crossing, about 50 miles east of El Paso...."Our government has to do something," he told the Bulletin. "It's not the immigrants coming over for jobs we're worried about. It's the smugglers, Mexican military and the national threat to our borders that we're worried about."

Earlier this month, the Department of Homeland Security reported 216 incursions by Mexican soldiers during the past 10 years.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/artic ... E_ID=48485

Talk about your double standards.

WAY TO GO BORDER PATROL

"We expect the Mexican government to do something to stop these attacks," he told reporters. "After yesterday, it's clear the U.S. government has not listened."

How about you telling your citizens it is against the law to cross the border without permission, so you do it at your own peril. Stay the hell away from the border.

In the Tijuana neighborhood where the incidents occurred, some homes are less than 10 meters (30 feet) from the border fence.

Close enough to dig a tunnel, wouldn't you say?

"We expect the Mexican government to do something to stop these attacks," he told reporters. "After yesterday, it's clear the U.S. government has not listened."

Maybe they should just declare war on us.

R / Skip

Originally Posted by Skip

"We expect the Mexican government to do something to stop these attacks," he told reporters. "After yesterday, it's clear the U.S. government has not listened."

Maybe they should just declare war on us.

R / Skip

ummm I think they have, numerous times, but it's clear the U.S. government has not listened. I have been complaining about that for years