Thursday, February 21, 2008

Mexico's human rights commission investigates border shooting


MEXICO CITY — Mexico's human rights commission on Wednesday said it was investigating allegations that soldiers opened fire on a car at a checkpoint south of the Texas border, killing a man and wounding a U.S. citizen.


Jose Antonio Barbosa Ramirez solicited the National Human Rights Commission's help after the Mexican army opened fire on a car he was traveling in with his brother-in-law, Sergio Meza Varela, early Saturday morning in the border city of Reynosa in Tamaulipas state, the commission said in a statement.


The statement said the men had been drinking and doing drugs and decided to drive around the city. At about 4 a.m. Saturday, they were chased by a military-style Jeep and ended up at an army checkpoint where they attempted to flee by putting the car in reverse.




There is an ongoing investigation involving allegations that soldiers opened fire on a car on the Texas-Mexico border, killing a man and injuring another. The men driving the car had supposedly been drinking and doing drugs.


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