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Casualties of the Mexican Border War

By CFIF Staff
Thursday, June 10 2010

On Monday, June 7, U.S. Border Patrol agents on bicycles were attempting to arrest two men illegally crossing the border from Mexico to the U.S. on the banks of the Rio Grande near El Paso. As they were detaining the two, one of whom had previously been deported for illegal entry, the agents were met with “large” rocks thrown by a group that had run back to the Mexican side of the muddy river bed. While details of the incident are sketchy at this point, after agents unsuccessfully warned the group to stop the “barrage,” shots were fired by an agent at the rock throwers…

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