Mexico demands answers about shooting by U.S. agent

Reuters/YahooNews ^ | 6/9/10 | Robin Emmott Robin Emmott

[Kartographer]

Mexico is demanding answers from Washington over the fatal shooting of a teenager by a U.S. border patrol agent and has sent a formal complaint over the incident, Mexico's foreign minister said.

At a wake on Wednesday, grieving relatives wept over the body of Sergio Hernandez, shot on the Mexican side of the border in the frontier city of Ciudad Juarez as he and other youths were running from U.S. border patrol agents.

[Kartographer]

I think that we are about to find out what Israel has gone through with the Intifada. They will soon be running truckloads across the border all of them asserting their human rights, there will be calls for UN investigations and a call for the United States to recognize the right of return for Mexican refugees to their homeland in the Southwest.

[rbosque]

We should demand answers in the deaths of these Americans in Mexico..

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/mar/15/world/la-fg-mexico-shootings15-2010mar15

[luv2ndamend]

Right after you investigate all the murder and rapes of Americans!

[Parley Baer]

I demand to know why his parents were allowing him to be on the border throwing rocks at our people.

[La Enchiladita]

At the same time, Crowley suggested the shooting might have been justified. The FBI said Hernandez was in a group of illegal immigrants trying to sneak into the United States and when two of them were detained, the teen and another individual began throwing rocks at the border patrol agents.

Never mind who provoked this, what they were doing here and why they ran. Just never mind.

[TexasCajun]

I don’t trust Obamah, hope our agent isn’t arrested or fired from his job.

[Paladin2]

Mexico needs to stop attacking the US and be more Canadian.

[Paladin2]

Mexican Refuges need to focus on moving back to Spain.

[darkside321]

Well if this really happened on the “mexican” side of the border... Say “really” sorry (while promising that you will look more close in future on wich side they are) and move on. If not who cares? they where illegal. This can have sometimes serious consequences.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Anyone know the email address of for Mexican consulates and government officials? An email campaign could be conducted to demand answers from them that FReepers have.

[UCFRoadWarrior]

Just heard that Mexican military were firing at the Border Patrol, while this illegal alien was trying to either get across the border, or back.

I am tired of that Third World s-hole to the south. Mexico could use a good nuking.....

[humblegunner]

Mexican Refuges need to focus on moving back to Spain.

Mexicans have no more ties to Spain than Americans have to England.

Basically a common language, nothing more.

Did you think Mexicans were Spanish?

[Doogle]

he was a smuggler...period!

[humblegunner]

focus on moving back to Spain.

And why exactly would Spain want a bunch of Mestizo Indians?

Got an answer?

[School of Rational Thought]

Mexican Refuges need to focus on moving back to Spain.

Helen, have you joined the Freep?

[LadyBuck]

And I was just thinking...

“Never bring a rock to a gunfight”

[La Enchiladita]

It seems instead that Mexico sent their law enforcement thugs onto U.S. soil:

FBI: Mexicans chased away US agents after shooting

A U.S. official close to the investigation told the AP that authorities have a video showing that the Border Patrol agent did not cross into Mexico. In fact, the official said, the video shows what appear to be members of Mexican law enforcement crossing onto the U.S. side, picking something up and returning to Mexico. The official was not cleared to speak about the video and spoke only on condition of anonymity.

[Paladin2]

Because they are Hispanic. It’s Spain’s fault that Mexico is the way it ts.

[This Just In]

“...demands answers....”

How about, “he was here illegally and smuggling.” How’s that for an answer?

[Paladin2]

Well, they certainly weren’t displaced by the US.