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Subject: [latinosineducation] Eng/Sp: interesting facts about this shooting [frontera-list] Re: Border Patrol Agent Shoots 14-Year-Old Boy At Bridge

 

On 6/8/10, molly <mollymolloy@gmail.com> wrote:

What strikes me interesting about the coverage of this incident in the
US and other foreign press is that the shooting has nothing to do with
illegal immigration. No person who intends to enter the US illegally
would do it at the puente negro. Ever since Operation Hold the Line,
all of the urban border crossings in El Paso have been essentially
closed. Immigrants who are serious are traveling with smugglers who
will attempt to cross them at a port by hiding them or by paying off
guards, or they will cross them in unpatrolled areas in the desert.
If you have ever walked across the Santa Fe bridge, you have seen
people begging down below, seen kids and others playing around.
This is a quote from the AFP article below:
"Ciudad Juarez's attorney general's office also said the youths were
playing when they strayed into US territory inadvertently, and ran
back toward the Mexican side after being surprised by the US agents.
The victim's parents said their son was killed inside Mexico and that
he had no intention of crossing the border."

These days, along the river between Juarez and El Paso, there are
people swimming, just to escape the heat for a bit.  I think the FBI
will take this case seriously and if misconduct is confirmed as
reported by witnesses, the border patrol agent will be charged with
murder.  molly

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iIIvOQ3xAGXFgCDrFOo5VNhDR17Q
Mexican teen dies after bridge shooting by US Border Patrol

(AFP) – 3 hours ago

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Mexico on Tuesday strongly condemned the US
Border Patrol's "disproportionate" use of force after an agent shot
dead a 14-year-old Mexican boy who was throwing rocks on a bridge
linking the two nations.

The boy died after a border patrol officer opened fire from the El
Paso, Texas, side of the border on a group who "threw stones" while
apparently trying to enter the United States illegally from Ciudad
Juarez, the Mexican Foreign Ministry said.

"The use of firearms to repel attacks with stones represents a
disproportionate use of force," the ministry said in a statement.

Lou Patch, a supervisory Border Patrol agent in El Paso, confirmed
that at least one agent opened fire during the Monday incident and
said an investigation was underway, headed by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation.

Patch told AFP that agents were "performing bike patrol duties" on the
bridge when they were "assaulted with rocks by an unknown number of
people."

"During the assault at least one agent discharged his firearm," he
said.

The agent was placed on administrative leave and "a thorough multi-
agency investigation is ongoing," he added.

Mexican officials said that according to witness statements, the US
agents on bicycle pursued the youths toward Mexico and that two of
them opened fire.

Mexican state police had earlier provided a different version of
events, saying the boy had been playing with two other youths on the
Puente Negro bridge spanning the Rio Grande.

Ciudad Juarez's attorney general's office also said the youths were
playing when they strayed into US territory inadvertently, and ran
back toward the Mexican side after being surprised by the US agents.

The victim's parents said their son was killed inside Mexico and that
he had no intention of crossing the border.

Jesus Hernandez, the father, told W Radio his son went to the bridge
to have lunch with his brother, who works nearby. At one point, "he
went to the river bank to look to the other side.

"There were lots of kids and the border patrol cop... started firing
off shots and hit my son, my baby twice in the head."

Hernandez said Mexican authorities had yet to contact the family about
the incident.

The US State Department said US agents responded to "a group of
suspected illegal immigrants from Mexico."

It said in a statement that "the agents were reportedly assaulted with
rocks by an unknown number of people. During the assault, an agent
discharged his firearm, killing one of the suspects. We regret the
loss of life."

The teenager's death comes on the heels of a US investigation into the
beating death last week in San Diego, California of Hernandez Rojas, a
42-year-old Mexican father of five in Border Patrol custody for
deportation for crossing the border illegally.

Mexico's foreign ministry said the cases of Mexicans killed or injured
in incidents involving use of force by US authorities have risen,
"from five in 2008 to 12 in 2009 and 17 so far this year."

The increasing frequency of such incidents "reflects a disturbing
increase in the use of excessive force by some authorities in the
border area," the ministry said.

An estimated 10.8 million illegal immigrants live in the United
States. Roughly half a million people attempt to cross the 3,200-
kilometer (2,000-mile) border from Mexico into the United States each
year, according to official figures.

US President Barack Obama has ordered the deployment of up to 1,200
more troops on the border with Mexico to battle drug trafficking.

Copyright © 2010 AFP. All rights reserved. More »



http://www.diario.com.mx/nota.php?notaid=22490d8d10b43ca1222bf706191caea0
Confirma EU que 'migra' mató a adolescente juarense

EFE | 08-06-2010 | 18:05 | Local

Washington— El gobierno de Estados Unidos confirmó y lamentó hoy la
muerte de un adolescente juarense en la frontera común a manos de la
Patrulla Fronteriza, en unos momentos en que aumentan las tensiones
bilaterales debido a la inmigración ilegal.

El Departamento de Estado dijo hoy en un comunicado que el incidente
ocurrió ayer, después de que agentes de la Oficina de Aduanas y
Protección de Fronteras (CBP) fueron llamados por el cruce de un grupo
de inmigrantes indocumentados cerca del puerto de entrada "Paso del
Norte" en El Paso, Texas.

Según informes, los agentes fueron atacados con piedras por un "número
indeterminado" de personas y, durante el enfrentamiento, un agente
disparó su arma y mató a uno de los sospechosos, dijo el Departamento
de Estado.

"Lamentamos la pérdida de vida", agregó la nota.

La Oficina Federal de Investigaciones (FBI), que tiene jurisdicción
cuando un agente federal es víctima de ataque, está investigando el
incidente con la ayuda de la policía de El Paso, y otras autoridades
federales, dijo la agencia.

La cancillería mexicana condenó el incidente al considerar que el uso
de armas de fuego para repeler un ataque con piedras "representa un
uso desproporcionado de la fuerza" .


On Jun 8, 5:26 pm, molly <mollymol...@gmail.com> wrote:
> UPDATE on the shooting at the Puente Negro.  Some photos at the
> link...
>
> http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N0897692.htm
> Mexico says U.S. border agent killed teenager
> 08 Jun 2010 22:43:41 GMT
> Source: Reuters
> * Mexico says U.S. border agent shot Mexican teenager
>
> * U.S. officials say case under investigation
>
> * Incident could raise tensions along border (Updates with FBI
> statement)
>
> CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico, June 8 (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." (Reporting by Julian Cardona in Ciudad
> Juarez and David Schwartz in Phoenix; and by Mica Rosenberg and Anahi
> Rama in Mexico City; Editing by Paul Simao)
>
> On Jun 8, 10:36 am, Mikey Velarde <mikeyvela...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Border Patrol Agent Shoots 14-Year-Old Boy At Bridge
> > | 06/ 8/10 10:42 AM | AP
>
> > EL PASO, Texas — A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and killed a
> > 14-year-old boy after a confrontation at an international bridge near
> > downtown El Paso, Mexican authorities said Tuesday.
>
> > Chihuahua State officials released a statement Tuesday demanding a
> > full investigation into the death of the boy, identified as Sergio
> > Adrian Hernandez Huereca.
>
> > 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.
>
> > Less than two weeks ago, Mexican migrant Anastacio Hernandez, 32, died
> > after a Customs and Border Protection officer shocked him with a stun
> > gun at the San Ysidro border crossing that separates San Diego and
> > Tijuana, Mexico.
>
> > Last week the San Diego medical examiner's office ruled that death a homicide.


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