{"id":2018972,"date":"2023-09-01T03:39:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T07:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-national-guard-member-separated-from-position-after-discharging-weapon-on-mexican-man-across-border-in-mexico-mexican-authorities-say\/"},"modified":"2023-09-01T03:41:51","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T07:41:51","slug":"texas-national-guard-member-separated-from-position-after-discharging-weapon-on-mexican-man-across-border-in-mexico-mexican-authorities-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-national-guard-member-separated-from-position-after-discharging-weapon-on-mexican-man-across-border-in-mexico-mexican-authorities-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas National Guard member fired after shooting Mexican man across border, say Mexican authorities."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftexas-national-guard-member-separated-from-position-after-discharging-weapon-on-mexican-man-across-border-in-mexico-mexican-authorities-say%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2018972&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<h2>Texas National Guard Member Separated from Role After \u200cAllegedly Shooting Mexican Citizen<\/h2>\n<p>A Texas National \u2064Guard member has \u2064been &#8220;separated&#8221; from his role after \u200dallegedly discharging his weapon, wounding a Mexican citizen\u200d in\u200d the \u2063city of Ciudad Ju\u00e1rez, Chihuahua, \u200bon Aug. 26, according to Mexico\u2019s Foreign Ministry.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry had been &#8220;closely following&#8221; the shooting of the \u200bman, who suffered a leg wound after being shot \u2063while on \u2064Mexican territory just south of El Paso, officials\u2064 said in an \u200cAug. 30 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gob.mx\/sre\/prensa\/the-foreign-ministry-is-closely-following-an-incident-involving-the-shooting-of-a-mexican-citizen-in-ciudad-juarez-chihuahua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 director\u2063 of the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) also launched an investigation \u2062into the alleged shooting\u2063 at the \u2064request of the Consulate General of Mexico in El Paso, the ministry said.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related\u2064 Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/abbott-expanding-operation-lone-star-in-effort-to-secure-southern-border-4869875\">Abbott \u200bExpanding Operation Lone Star in Effort \u2062to Secure Southern Border<\/a> \u200b(11\/19\/2022)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/operation-lone-star-more-than-100000-apprehended-in-rio-grande-valley-alone-4815103\">Operation Lone Star: More\u2062 Than 100,000 Apprehended in Rio Grande Valley Alone<\/a> \u200c(10\/24\/2022)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As\u2063 part of Mexico&#8217;s &#8220;actions of\u200c consular protection,&#8221; the consul general met with senior officials at DPS and the Texas Rangers\u2064 on Aug. 30 for an update on the probe, according to the \u200bstatement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was informed that the \u200dNational Guard member involved in the incident has been \u200cseparated\u2064 from his position\u2063 until the investigation\u200c has concluded,&#8221; the ministry said.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, DPS is\u2062 working with U.S. federal authorities and\u2062 Mexican state and federal authorities to &#8220;strengthen&#8221;\u200b the investigation, the ministry continued.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;During \u200cthe meeting, the Mexican authorities reiterated that the Texas\u2062 National Guard member&#8217;s action was inadmissible.\u2064 They also expressed\u200c their concern about the impact on the human rights and safety and integrity of migrants,&#8221; officials said.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Texas National Guard soldiers close a section \u200bof razor\u2062 wire surrounding a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-haitian-migrants-hijack-transport-bus-in-attempted-escape\/\" title=\"Report: Haitian Migrants Hijack Transport Bus In Attempted Escape\">makeshift migrant camp<\/a>\u2064 as an immigrant tries to return \u2062with food for \u200chis family\u200d in El Paso, Texas, on May 11, 2023. (John Moore\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Man &#8216;Shot While\u2062 Jogging&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;The two parties \u200bagreed on the importance \u2064of communication between the \u200cauthorities on both \u200bsides of\u200c the border \u2062to prevent incidents, and \u2064of training\u200c the Texas National Guard\u2062 members deployed on the border \u2062between our two countries,&#8221; \u200cthey added.<\/p>\n<p>Officials \u200csaid the Mexican government will &#8220;continue to use all means at its disposal to prevent this type of incident from happening again and will continue to follow up on\u2063 the case \u2064while remaining in contact \u200cand collaborating with the authorities \u2064in both Mexico and the United States.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Texas Military Department, which oversees\u2064 the\u2064 National Guard, confirmed the shooting in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2023\/08\/28\/texas-national-guard-shoots-mexican-citizen-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> to The Texas Tribune \u200cearlier this week but did not reveal the identity of the\u2063 Texas National Guard member or the man who was shot.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said the National\u200b Guard Service member was assigned to Texas Gov. \u2062Greg Abbott&#8217;s Operation Lone Star, and &#8220;discharged a\u200b weapon in a border-related incident&#8221; but did not provide further \u200cinformation amid the ongoing probe.<\/p>\n<p>Details surrounding the shooting are still unclear.<\/p>\n<p>According\u2064 to Enrique Rodriguez, a \u200cspokesperson with the Chihuahua state prosecutor\u2019s office, the 22-year-old Mexican \u200dman was \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/wireStory\/texas-guardsman-suspended-after-wounding-man-cross-border-102848574\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shot \u2063while out jogging.<\/a> He was hospitalized\u2064 with a gunshot\u200c wound to the buttocks but\u200b has since been released, Mr. Rodriguez said.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the shooting during a press conference Thursday, \u200bMexican President Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador called it a &#8220;violation of international law,&#8221; adding that he has received a report on the Texas National Guard member&#8217;s separation from the military.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Illegal\u200d immigrants board vans after waiting along \u200cthe \u200dborder wall to surrender to U.S. Customs and Border\u2063 Protection (CBP) Border Patrol agents for immigration and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/morning-wire-border-crisis-continues-canadian-pastor-faces-jail-time-cuomo-loses-his-emmy\/\" title=\"Morning Wire: Border Crisis Continues, Canadian Pastor Faces Jail Time, Cuomo Loses His Emmy\">asylum claim processing<\/a> upon crossing the Rio Grande River into the United States\u2064 on the \u200cU.S.-Mexico \u200dborder in El \u2062Paso, Texas, on May 11, 2023. \u200d(Patrick T. Fallon\/AFP via Getty \u2062Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Soldier &#8216;Shot \u200dMan in Defense&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>However, the Mexican president\u200d said the soldier had \u200bshot \u200dthe Mexican man in defense of a migrant whom the man\u200d was allegedly seeking to harm.<\/p>\n<p>Before \u200dshooting the man, the soldier first fired into the air, Mr. L\u00f3pez Obrador said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile,\u200d El Diario, a\u2062 Spanish language newspaper \u200din Ju\u00e1rez, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2023\/08\/28\/texas-national-guard-shoots-mexican-citizen-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that the Mexican man, whom it identified as \u2062Darwin Jos\u00e9 Garc\u00eda from the southern Mexican state of Veracruz, had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/she-claimed-her-ex-boyfriend-raped-her-she-just-admitted-to-lying\/\" title=\"She Claimed Her Ex-Boyfriend Raped Her. She Just Admitted To Lying.\">initially told police<\/a> he was a migrant attempting to cross into the United States.<\/p>\n<p>However, he later told reporters he was out doing sports on the Mexican side of the \u2063Rio Grande at \u2063around 8:50 p.m. on the evening he was shot when\u2064 he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-national-guard-member-separated-from-position-after-discharging-weapon-on-mexican-man-across-border-in-mexico-mexican-authorities-say\/\" title=\"Texas National Guard member fired after shooting Mexican man across border, say Mexican authorities.\">heard loud bangs<\/a> and realized he had been hit in the leg. Mr. Garc\u00eda reportedly\u200d told police that a group of migrants were crossing\u2064 the river at the \u2062time he\u2062 was \u200dhit, according to\u2063 El Diario.<\/p>\n<p>The Border\u2064 Network of Human \u2064Rights, an immigration reform\u2063 organization, \u2064has repeatedly called on\u2063 Mr. Abbott to end Operation Lone Star and have Texas National Guard soldiers\u200b and Department \u2064of Public Safety troopers \u2062removed from border communities.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/elpasomatters.org\/2023\/08\/28\/texas-national-guard-shooting-el-paso-juarez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> \u200bto\u2062 El Paso\u2063 Matters on Monday,\u200c the group \u2063also claimed the Mexican man was \u2063practicing sports near the border and\u200d was not\u2062 attempting to cross when he was shot.<\/p>\n<p>The organization also urged \u200bthe \u200dU.S. Department\u2062 of Justice to investigate what it said was &#8220;the disproportionate and illegal use of lethal force.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are deeply \u200cappalled by the \u2063actions of the Texas National \u200bGuard, which under Gov. (Greg) Abbott\u2019s leadership has\u2062 continued to usurp Federal authority and unleash unnecessary chaos \u2063at \u200dour southern border,&#8221; BNHR\u200b Executive Director Fernando \u200dGarcia said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Texas National Guard member has been removed from his position after reportedly shooting and injuring a Mexican citizen in Ciudad Ju\u00e1rez, Chihuahua. Mexico&#8217;s Foreign Ministry has been monitoring the incident closely. 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