PatrickHenry
01-16-2007, 12:43 AM
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0115bordershooting.html
FBI investigates fatal shooting near the Arizona-Mexico border
Associated Press
Jan. 15, 2007 04:25 PM
The FBI said Monday that it was investigating the death of a Mexican immigrant who was shot by a Border Patrol agent near the Arizona-Mexico border.
Francisco Javier Dominguez-Rivera, 22, of Puebla, Mexico, was killed Friday in a confrontation with the unidentified agent north of the U.S.-Mexico border between Bisbee and Douglas.
Deborah McCarley, an FBI spokeswoman in Phoenix, and Gustavo Soto, a spokesman with the U.S. Border Patrol Tucson sector, both declined on Monday to provide details of the case.
Responding to a call about a group of seven people who were crossing the desert, the agent took six of the seven people into custody without incident but then started fighting with Dominguez-Rivera. The agent, who thought his life was in danger, shot and killed the man, the Border Patrol said previously.
An autopsy of Dominguez-Rivera was scheduled for Wednesday.
The agent was put on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the case.
The shooting was condemned by Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Mexico's Foreign Relations Department.
FBI investigates fatal shooting near the Arizona-Mexico border
Associated Press
Jan. 15, 2007 04:25 PM
The FBI said Monday that it was investigating the death of a Mexican immigrant who was shot by a Border Patrol agent near the Arizona-Mexico border.
Francisco Javier Dominguez-Rivera, 22, of Puebla, Mexico, was killed Friday in a confrontation with the unidentified agent north of the U.S.-Mexico border between Bisbee and Douglas.
Deborah McCarley, an FBI spokeswoman in Phoenix, and Gustavo Soto, a spokesman with the U.S. Border Patrol Tucson sector, both declined on Monday to provide details of the case.
Responding to a call about a group of seven people who were crossing the desert, the agent took six of the seven people into custody without incident but then started fighting with Dominguez-Rivera. The agent, who thought his life was in danger, shot and killed the man, the Border Patrol said previously.
An autopsy of Dominguez-Rivera was scheduled for Wednesday.
The agent was put on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the case.
The shooting was condemned by Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Mexico's Foreign Relations Department.