[John Jorsett]

COUNTRIES that claim to be the best of friends do not normally shoot across their mutual frontier. But on December 30th, an agent of the United States Border Patrol shot dead an 18-year-old Mexican as he tried to cross the border near San Diego.

The guy who was shot was reported to be on the U.S. side at the time, but don't let mere facts spoil your premise ...

[El Gato]

The guy who was shot was reported to be on the U.S. side at the time, but don't let mere facts spoil your premise ...

I wondered about that. I can't see a US Border Patrol guy shooting someone, who isn't shooting at him/her, dropping someone on the Mexican side. They have plenty that are on the US side to worry about.