Thread: 3 people shot in Juárez taken to Thomason

3 people shot in Juárez taken to Thomason
By Adriana M. Chávez / El Paso Times
Article Launched: 08/19/2008 12:00:00 AM MDT




EL PASO -- Three patients are being treated at Thomason Hospital for gunshot wounds they received in Juárez over the weekend, hospital officials said Monday.

So far, Thomason has treated 26 victims of the violence and drug war in Juárez. The latest victim, a man in his 50s, arrived at Thomason at 1 a.m. Monday, hospital spokeswoman Margaret Althoff-Olivas said.

El Paso Fire Department spokesman Lt. Mario Hernandez said paramedics were called to the Bridge of the Americas early Monday to transport a 50-year-old male with a gunshot wound to the chest to Thomason.

Althoff-Olivas said she didn't know if the man is a U.S. citizen.

On Sunday morning, a 15-year-old boy, who is originally from Phoenix, was taken to Thomason with gunshot wounds he sustained in Juárez, Althoff-Olivas said. She said the boy is a U.S. citizen.

El Paso police on Saturday escorted a 37-year-old gunshot victim from Juárez across the Bridge of the Americas to Thomason Hospital.

About 4:35 p.m., El Paso police were called to the bridge about a man with a gunshot wound in the abdomen. Police escorted the ambulance from the bridge to the hospital.

The victim told paramedics he was nearly abducted by three or four people, but while fleeing was shot, fire officials said.

Names of the three victims were not made public Monday.

Althoff-Olivas

said there was no need for high security as a result of treating the victims. The hospital was operating as normal on Monday, Althoff-Olivas said.
Adriana M. Chávez may be reached at achavez@elpasotimes.com;546-6117.




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Good grief what is this. Are we going to treat the whole world for free.

Congressman Silvestre Reyes, who lives in El Paso, represents this Congressional District. He does not take emails from non-constituents, but to express your opinion about U.S. taxpayers paying to treat foreign nationals involved in Mexican drug wars at an El Paso, TX, hospital, contact him at:

The Honorable Silvestre Reyes
310 N. Mesa, Suite 400
El Paso, TX 79901
Phone: (915) 534-4400
FAX: (915) 534-7426

2433 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: (202) 225-4831
FAX: (202) 225-2016