Thread: Holder Announces FBI Probe of Border Patrol After Shooting of Mexican Boy

Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday announced that the FBI is investigating whether excessive force was used by Border Patrol after an agent fatally shot a 15-year-old Mexican boy on the banks of the Rio Grande.
The attorney general expressed "sincere regrets about the loss of life" and said the relationship between the United States and Mexico remains "strong."
The attorney general confirmed the investigation following an outcry in Mexico over the shooting. Details of incident are fluid, but the Border Patrol claimed that its agents were at the time being "assaulted with rocks" while trying to round up illegal immigrants on the Texas side. Sergio Adrian Hernandez Huereka was shot and killed, his body recovered on the Mexican side. Sources told Fox News the victim was a known juvenile smuggler.
The incident, though, came after another immigrant was killed two weeks ago when a border officer shocked him with a stun gun.
Holder suggested Thursday that the probe would be wide-ranging.
"(The shooting) was extremely regrettable," he said, speaking at a press conference about a series of drug raids. "The matter is under investigation and we'll have to determine exactly what happened, who if anyone should be held responsible, what the circumstances were for this shooting. And all that is just a part of this ongoing investigation."
According to sources, Huereka was charged with alien smuggling in 2009. It would be a violation of the rules for a Border Patrol agent to cross into Mexico without permission, but a U.S. official told the Associated Press that video shows the agent in question stayed on the U.S. side.
Mexican officials and media slammed the U.S. following the shooting on Monday. The clash comes after Mexican President Felipe Calderon visited Washington to criticize Arizona for passing a strict new immigration law intended to root out illegal immigrants for deportation.
That law is under review by the Justice Department. Holder said Thursday that a "decision will be made relatively soon" on whether the department will take any action.
"There is a bond that exists between Mexico and the United States. We have shared interests," he said. "I think that is what we focus on."


http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/10/holder-announces-fbi-probe-border-patrol-shooting-mexican-boy/

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yea because they're lying about an FBI probe

throwing rocks is deadly. deadly force should be authorized in response.

don't fuck around on the border if you don't wanna get shot

werd

http://www.ajc.com/news/woman-killed-by-rock-375445.html

How about "Citizens of border states launch probe after Federal Government doesn't do fuck all about armed Mexican border incursions"... Oh wait... that makes sense.

god damn im sick of mexico

I KNOW WHAT I'LL DO, I'LL DRAG ATTENTION AWAY FROM THE OIL SPILL BY STARTING NEEDLESS AND INFLAMMATORY PROBES!

why? federal agents were surrounded by rock throwers, they are constantly suffering from head wounds from thrown rocks, and they were smuggling people into the country illegally.

why is this even a fucking problem?