Posted on 06/12/2010 7:52:37 AM PDT by Dallas59
Sarah Gordon, Sky News Online A television station has aired video footage that it claims shows a US border patrol agent shooting dead a 15-year-old Mexican boy.
L-A US Border Patrol agent apparently shoots across to Mexico after detaining one man in the area
A US border patrol agent apparently shoots across to Mexico hitting a teenage boy
The incident, which happened on Monday, sparked public outcry in Mexico and strained diplomatic relations between the neighbouring countries.
Schoolboy Sergio Adrian Hernandez Huereka died after the US agent opened fire from the El Paso, Texas, side of the border.
Now the mobile phone footage - which was shown on Univision, a Spanish language television network in the US - has further enraged Mexican opinion.
It apparently shows the officer firing three shots towards Mexico before it zooms in on what appears to be a body under a bridge.
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It surely looks and sounds like the kid had a gun and fired twice before the BP opened up. The three BP shots are from a heavier caliber weapon.
John / Billybob / Ben
This video also proves that the shell casing, claimed to be found on the Mexican side of the bridge by Mexican authorities, was either from one of the illegal’s weapons, or brought back over by the Mexican cops seen going to the U.S. side where the BP agents were. This was an obvious attempt to make it look like the Border Patrol agents went to the Mexican side to kill this kid.
Now, by their own video, this proves the BP agents stayed on the U.S. side of the bridge.
***A US border patrol agent apparently shoots across to Mexico hitting a teenage boy ***
We don’t want illegals throwing illegal Mexican rocks into the US!
A Mexican with rock killed the Mexican leader Montezuma back aroun 1521.
Mexican schools should teach students not to throw stones at men with guns instead of teaching them the US southwest belongs to Mexico.
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