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Leroy N. Soetoro
Sep 1, 2023, 4:15:24 PM9/1/23
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A National Guard member on duty at the Texas-Mexico border in El Paso
fired across the Rio Grande, injuring a 37-year-old Mexican man in Ciudad
Juárez on Saturday night, according to the Texas Military Department and
Mexican news outlets.
“On the night of 26 August, a National Guard Servicemember assigned to
Operation Lone Star discharged a weapon in a border-related incident,” a
spokesperson for the military department said in a statement. “The
incident is under investigation. More information will be made available
as the investigation progresses.”
According to El Diario, a Spanish language newspaper in Juárez, Darwin
José García of the southern Mexican state of Veracruz was practicing a
sport on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande around 8:50 p.m. Saturday
while a group of migrants were crossing the river. García said he then
heard shots and realized he had been shot in the leg, the newspaper
reported.
In December 2022, Gov. Greg Abbott sent state troopers and National Guard
members to El Paso as part of Operation Lone Star, a multibillion-dollar
state effort launched in 2021 to deter migrants from crossing the Rio
Grande along the 1,200-mile Texas-Mexico border.
The military department didn’t release any additional information. The
U.S. Border Patrol, the Texas Department of Public Safety and Gov. Greg
Abbott’s office didn’t immediately respond to emails from The Texas
Tribune and the Military Times seeking comment on Monday.
The shooting happened near the Bridge of the Americas, which is close to a
national park on the Mexican side. The man was treated by paramedics at
the scene, transported to a Juárez hospital and was later released,
according to La Verdad, a news outlet in the Mexican border city.
It’s the second time that a Texas National Guard member has shot a
civilian while deployed for Operation Lone Star, and the third known time
that a soldier has fired their weapon while on duty at the border.
On Jan. 13, Spc. Angel Gallegos shot migrant Ricardo Rodriguez Nieto in
the shoulder near Mission in the Rio Grande Valley. The soldier claimed he
accidentally fired his service handgun while wrestling with Rodriguez
Nieto, who denied touching Gallegos and said the shot was fired from the
kitchen into the living room of an abandoned home. Other migrants who
witnessed the shooting echoed Rodriguez Nieto’s version of events when
interviewed by Texas Rangers.
According to documents provided through an open records request, the
Hidalgo County District Attorney declined to present the case to a grand
jury, citing insufficient evidence and unclear jurisdiction.
A year earlier in January 2022, a Texas Guard member used his M4 carbine
to disable a Chrysler 300 sedan driven by a suspected smuggler in Laredo.
The soldier told investigators that he fired his rifle into the car’s
engine after the driver, who was arrested after abandoning his vehicle,
attempted to run over another Texas Guard member.
The Border Network for Human Rights, an El Paso-based immigrant rights
group, condemned Saturday’s shooting, calling for the U.S. Department of
Justice to investigate.
“Here at the border, we can no longer withstand the violence and cruelty
unleashed and demand immediate action from our federal and state
governments. Enough is enough,” said Fernando Garcia, the group’s
executive director.
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A National Guard member on duty at the Texas-Mexico border in El Paso
fired across the Rio Grande, injuring a 37-year-old Mexican man in Ciudad
Juárez on Saturday night, according to the Texas Military Department and
Mexican news outlets.
“On the night of 26 August, a National Guard Servicemember assigned to
Operation Lone Star discharged a weapon in a border-related incident,” a
spokesperson for the military department said in a statement. “The
incident is under investigation. More information will be made available
as the investigation progresses.”
According to El Diario, a Spanish language newspaper in Juárez, Darwin
José García of the southern Mexican state of Veracruz was practicing a
sport on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande around 8:50 p.m. Saturday
while a group of migrants were crossing the river. García said he then
heard shots and realized he had been shot in the leg, the newspaper
reported.
In December 2022, Gov. Greg Abbott sent state troopers and National Guard
members to El Paso as part of Operation Lone Star, a multibillion-dollar
state effort launched in 2021 to deter migrants from crossing the Rio
Grande along the 1,200-mile Texas-Mexico border.
The military department didn’t release any additional information. The
U.S. Border Patrol, the Texas Department of Public Safety and Gov. Greg
Abbott’s office didn’t immediately respond to emails from The Texas
Tribune and the Military Times seeking comment on Monday.
The shooting happened near the Bridge of the Americas, which is close to a
national park on the Mexican side. The man was treated by paramedics at
the scene, transported to a Juárez hospital and was later released,
according to La Verdad, a news outlet in the Mexican border city.
It’s the second time that a Texas National Guard member has shot a
civilian while deployed for Operation Lone Star, and the third known time
that a soldier has fired their weapon while on duty at the border.
On Jan. 13, Spc. Angel Gallegos shot migrant Ricardo Rodriguez Nieto in
the shoulder near Mission in the Rio Grande Valley. The soldier claimed he
accidentally fired his service handgun while wrestling with Rodriguez
Nieto, who denied touching Gallegos and said the shot was fired from the
kitchen into the living room of an abandoned home. Other migrants who
witnessed the shooting echoed Rodriguez Nieto’s version of events when
interviewed by Texas Rangers.
According to documents provided through an open records request, the
Hidalgo County District Attorney declined to present the case to a grand
jury, citing insufficient evidence and unclear jurisdiction.
A year earlier in January 2022, a Texas Guard member used his M4 carbine
to disable a Chrysler 300 sedan driven by a suspected smuggler in Laredo.
The soldier told investigators that he fired his rifle into the car’s
engine after the driver, who was arrested after abandoning his vehicle,
attempted to run over another Texas Guard member.
The Border Network for Human Rights, an El Paso-based immigrant rights
group, condemned Saturday’s shooting, calling for the U.S. Department of
Justice to investigate.
“Here at the border, we can no longer withstand the violence and cruelty
unleashed and demand immediate action from our federal and state
governments. Enough is enough,” said Fernando Garcia, the group’s
executive director.
--
We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that
stupid people won't be offended.
Durham Report: The FBI has an integrity problem. It has none.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
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