Thread: TX: Border agent shoots suspect at bridge

Officials: Border agent shoots suspect at bridge

06/08/2010

Associated Press

U.S. authorities say a Border Patrol agent shot a male suspect after a confrontation at an international bridge near downtown El Paso.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman Doug Mosier said preliminary reports indicated one person was shot Monday evening on the U.S. side of the Paso Del Norte bridge, across from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

Mosier referred to the FBI for further comment.

FBI spokeswoman Andrea Simmons said she had no other details, including the whereabouts or condition of the suspect. Simmons said the agent wasn't injured.

Authorities did not immediately release the agent's identity.

Simmons said the FBI was leading the investigation since it involved an assault on an officer.

www.dallasnews.com

My husband works for Border Patrol in El Paso. Several years ago he was with a crew installing the border fence, work that lasted several months.
He and his crew had to wear bullet proof vests every single day and had to also have armed agents with them because Mexicans across the river were daily throwing rocks at them and shooting at them. Do you think that Mexican officers on the other side did one thing to stop the offenders? Not even. One CAN be killed by a rock just as easily as by a bullet.

This amounts to invasion of our Country....send in the National Guard to help enforce our Laws and our Border...


Kathyet

i wonder which person in the west texas US Attorney office is going to be going after the persons responsible for this

http://www.kfoxtv.com/news/23825725/det ... 82010&ts=H

Border Patrol Agent Involved In Shooting
Martina Valverde-KFOX Morning News Traffic Reporter

Posted: 9:51 pm MDT June 7, 2010Updated: 9:18 am MDT June 8, 2010
EL PASO, Texas -- Around 6:45 p.m. Monday, FBI officials said a border patrol agent was assaulted. They will not say whether or not that the attacker was armed, but they do confirm that an agent did fire his gun.

KFOX spoke exclusively to a witness who for his own safety did not want to be identified. He said there was a group of five men running from a private property.

He said three gunshots were heard in the area. The Associated Press reports 14-year-old Sergio Adrian Hernandez Huereca was shot and killed. Two other people were arrested by agents.

Federal officials are handling the investigation, which is procedure, but El Paso police were called out for crowd control, and they too were assaulted.

"The police came, they cleared the scene. The people above the bridge continued insulting them and throwing rocks," said one eye witness.

No word yet on what is happening with the agent that fired his gun or his condition after the assault.

See Related-
Official FBI Press Release, El Paso Office
http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-202228.html

Anger mounts after Mexican teen shotkilled by Border Patrol
http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-202244.html

and also here
http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-202239.html

Mexico says U.S. border agent killed teenager

A bystander told Reuters TV that Hernandez was hanging around with friends when the agent shot him.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico demanded an investigation on Tuesday into the apparent shooting death of a teenager by a U.S. border patrol agent, an incident bound to stoke cross-border tensions over illegal immigration.
Witnesses said they saw the unidentified agent shoot at Sergio Hernandez, aged around 14, on Monday under the bridge crossing between El Paso Texas and Ciudad Juarez, a violent city on the frontlines of Mexico's war against drug cartels.

A bystander told Reuters TV that Hernandez was hanging around with friends when the agent shot him.

"We energetically condemn the death of a minor ... near the international border crossing in Ciudad Juarez, when a border patrol official shot at a group of migrants who were apparently throwing rocks," the Mexican foreign ministry said.

"Using firearms to respond to an attack with rocks is a disproportionate use of force, particularly coming from officials that are specially trained," it said in a statement.

But the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, which is leading a multi-agency investigation into the incident, said the agent shot during a confrontation with "suspected illegal aliens" trying to enter the United States.

It said two suspects were arrested and the remainder retreated into Mexico, throwing rocks at the U.S. agents.

"(The) agent ... gave verbal commands to the remaining subjects to stop and retreat. However, the subjects surrounded the agent and continued to throw rocks at him. The agent then fired his service weapon several times, striking one subject who later died," the FBI said.

Mexico is a top U.S. trade partner and Washington says the border between the two countries is the busiest in the world.

Hundreds of thousands of Mexicans cross the border illegally into the United States each year to look for work. Many are sent straight home after being caught by U.S. border agents.

U.S.-Mexican relations have been tense since Arizona, a border state, approved a crackdown on illegal immigrants. Mexican President Felipe Calderon criticized the crackdown during a recent trip to the United States.

Mexico's foreign ministry urged security forces on both sides of the border to reconsider use of lethal force. Washington has beefed up border security forces due to spiraling drug violence in northern Mexico.

Lou Patch, a supervisory U.S. border patrol agent in El Paso, said agents may use deadly force when they fear "grievous bodily harm or death to ourselves or another." He said the agent was put on leave.

Andrea Simmons, an FBI spokeswoman in El Paso, said the agent "was on the U.S. side of the border and never left."

A witness who spoke to Reuters TV said he saw half a dozen youths being chased back into Mexico after they had briefly crossed the dividing line under the bridge.

"They were not carrying anything. They weren't carrying weapons, packages, backpacks, only the clothes they were wearing, that's it," the man, who declined to be named, said.

"This one (Hernandez) hid behind the wall. He looked out and that's when (he) was shot," he said. "The agent shot at him twice ... He shot at him once, which left him stunned, and then he shot him again. It seems he was hit in the head."

The dead teenager's mother told reporters at the scene that she was especially angered the U.S. agent had apparently killed her son on Mexican territory.

"I want him punished," she told Mexican television. "He's destroyed my life and left me with nothing."

http://www.khey.com/cc-common/news/sect ... le=7218644

Gee I guess killing the Rancher, attacking our agents, sneaking in illegally, bringing in drugs and what ever they bring in, raping, murdering, stealing services illegally,and robbery, just to name a few things these criminals do in this country are okay with them.. no sympathy here from me


Kathyet

There are many cameras located in the area of that shooting. At some point I'm sure we're going to see footage from various angles and that will more than likely clarify once and for all what really happened.
Naturally the Mexicans are going to dispute the facts...don't they always? In my opinion, Mexican's are professional protesters, manipulators, whiners and complainers. They are ALWAYS the victim. Have we EVER seen Mexico defending the rights of Americans?

Originally Posted by elpasoborn

There are many cameras located in the area of that shooting. At some point I'm sure we're going to see footage from various angles and that will more than likely clarify once and for all what really happened.
Naturally the Mexicans are going to dispute the facts...don't they always? In my opinion, Mexican's are professional protesters, manipulators, whiners and complainers. They are ALWAYS the victim. Have we EVER seen Mexico defending the rights of Americans?

They don't even defend whatever rights they have in Mexico.....they only want FREE FREE FREE

Kathyet