I was wondering when this would happen. I hope the shooting is in policy, because I think the Border Patrol has had to back off too much. I am somewhat surprised that the Tijuana police seem to be backing the Border Patrol. I have stayed away from Mexico for a long time, but know they were pretty friendly to the local police from California. Of course,the Tijuana police don't like the state or Mexican federal police very much.
Border Patrol agent wounds man near Mexican border
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and wounded a man throwing rocks
at agents near the U.S.-Mexico border in the San Diego area, authorities said Wednesday.
Edgar Israel Ortega Chavez, 22, was hospitalized with a bullet wound in his right
torso after Mexican authorities found him alongside the dry, concrete-lined Tijuana
River basin, Tijuana police said.
San Diego police said the shooter was a 10-year Border Patrol veteran but did not
release his name. The department is investigating the shooting.
A Border Patrol spokesman, Daryl Reed, said the agent fired his gun on U.S. soil
Tuesday night after seeing the man wielding a softball-sized rock on Mexican soil.
Border Patrol agents tried unsuccessfully to disperse the group who had crossed
to the U.S. side by firing pepper balls and using tear gas.
There was no fence separating the agent from the group when he fired, Reed said.
A yellow stripe on the bottom of the river basin marks the border in the area.
Tijuana police said about 10 people were threatening Border Patrol agents, according
to reports it fielded. Tijuana authorities found a tear gas canister and fragments
and two. 223-caliber bullet shells near Ortega's body.
This is the latest confrontation on an often-violent stretch of border near the
bustling San Ysidro crossing, which separates San Diego and Tijuana. The Border
Patrol began firing tear gas and high-impact pepper balls into Mexico last year
in response to what it said was an alarming increase in attacks on agents.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j...ZcaTAD92HJKV00
Border Patrol agent wounds man near Mexican border
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and wounded a man throwing rocks
at agents near the U.S.-Mexico border in the San Diego area, authorities said Wednesday.
Edgar Israel Ortega Chavez, 22, was hospitalized with a bullet wound in his right
torso after Mexican authorities found him alongside the dry, concrete-lined Tijuana
River basin, Tijuana police said.
San Diego police said the shooter was a 10-year Border Patrol veteran but did not
release his name. The department is investigating the shooting.
A Border Patrol spokesman, Daryl Reed, said the agent fired his gun on U.S. soil
Tuesday night after seeing the man wielding a softball-sized rock on Mexican soil.
Border Patrol agents tried unsuccessfully to disperse the group who had crossed
to the U.S. side by firing pepper balls and using tear gas.
There was no fence separating the agent from the group when he fired, Reed said.
A yellow stripe on the bottom of the river basin marks the border in the area.
Tijuana police said about 10 people were threatening Border Patrol agents, according
to reports it fielded. Tijuana authorities found a tear gas canister and fragments
and two. 223-caliber bullet shells near Ortega's body.
This is the latest confrontation on an often-violent stretch of border near the
bustling San Ysidro crossing, which separates San Diego and Tijuana. The Border
Patrol began firing tear gas and high-impact pepper balls into Mexico last year
in response to what it said was an alarming increase in attacks on agents.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j...ZcaTAD92HJKV00
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