I know the issue of border incursions by Mexican officials is a sensitive subject and I don't know if you are able to answer my question at all or could possible PM me with a response.
I was just watching an eight year old video of a suspect running from the Juarez Police. If I understand correctly, he had just shot one of their officers. He ran across the dry river bed of the Rio Grande and crossed into the United States to the El Paso side while being pursued by several Juarez police officers. He stopped next to a USPB truck and proned himself out, but was snapped up by the Juarez officers (who outnumbered and outgunned the lone BP officer) and walked him back into Mexico.
I had a couple thoughts on this. First, being outnumbered and outgunned, from a tactical point of view it was probably wise not to get in a fight with the Mexican cops over who was going to take the prisoner. But second, here in California we have a law that basically says on a boundary of two or more jurisdictions, jurisdiction of either side rests within 500 yards of that boundary. I'm guessing both Texas and the United States have similar laws.
It was clear that the Juarez cops, who were in hot pursuit, grabbed the suspect up in the US but well within 500 yards of the international boundary. Would allowing them to do so have been legally acceptable based on any US law that speaks to overlapping jurisdictions?
I was just watching an eight year old video of a suspect running from the Juarez Police. If I understand correctly, he had just shot one of their officers. He ran across the dry river bed of the Rio Grande and crossed into the United States to the El Paso side while being pursued by several Juarez police officers. He stopped next to a USPB truck and proned himself out, but was snapped up by the Juarez officers (who outnumbered and outgunned the lone BP officer) and walked him back into Mexico.
I had a couple thoughts on this. First, being outnumbered and outgunned, from a tactical point of view it was probably wise not to get in a fight with the Mexican cops over who was going to take the prisoner. But second, here in California we have a law that basically says on a boundary of two or more jurisdictions, jurisdiction of either side rests within 500 yards of that boundary. I'm guessing both Texas and the United States have similar laws.
It was clear that the Juarez cops, who were in hot pursuit, grabbed the suspect up in the US but well within 500 yards of the international boundary. Would allowing them to do so have been legally acceptable based on any US law that speaks to overlapping jurisdictions?
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