{"id":2350487,"date":"2024-10-03T21:17:50","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T01:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/six-immigrants-killed-by-mexican-soldiers-near-border\/"},"modified":"2024-10-03T21:21:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T01:21:52","slug":"six-immigrants-killed-by-mexican-soldiers-near-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/six-immigrants-killed-by-mexican-soldiers-near-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Immigrants Killed by Mexican Soldiers Near Border"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Fsix-immigrants-killed-by-mexican-soldiers-near-border%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=2350487&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--><p>Six \u2062migrants died after Mexican <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shakespeares-monster-king-gets-a-new-look-a-virtuous-prince-and-wise\/\" title=\"A Noble Prince And Wise gives Shakespeare&#039;s&#039;s Monster King a new appearance.\">soldiers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-seal-sets-dem-reverend-straight-after-he-mocked-armed-churchgoers\/\" title=\"Former SEAL Sets Dem Reverend Straight After He Mocked Armed Churchgoers\">opened fire<\/a><\/a> \u2063on a truck carrying them near the Guatemala border in Chiapas. The Defense Department stated that the soldiers shot in \u2063response to what they claimed were \u2064gunshots \u200cas the truck\u200c approached. Four migrants were initially found dead, with two\u2062 others later \u200dsuccumbing to their \u200cinjuries, while 12 were reported wounded. The truck was carrying a total\u200d of 33 migrants from various countries, \u200cincluding Egypt, Nepal, and Cuba. It\u2019s\u2062 unclear if the soldiers&#8217; fire caused\u200c the deaths or if\u200d any weapons were found in the\u200b vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Two soldiers involved \u2063have been relieved of duty \u2064pending investigations, \u200cand local prosecutors confirmed all victims\u200b died \u2062from gunshot wounds. Previous incidents involving military forces opening fire on migrant \u2064vehicles have been\u2062 reported in the area, highlighting ongoing \u200cconcerns \u2062about safety during migration journeys and the \u200dpowers granted \u200cto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-threatens-to-exit-niger-as-russias-wagner-group-revels-in-military-coup-attempt-2\/\" title=\"US may withdraw from Niger as Russia&#039;s Wagner Group celebrates failed coup.\">military \u200bforces<\/a> under current government policies\u2063 led by President \u2064Claudia Sheinbaum. The UN has\u2063 expressed its \u2063concern \u200dabout the\u200b risks migrants face and the need for safer \u2062legal migration routes to \u200dprevent\u200c tragedies like \u200cthese.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Six international migrants are dead after Mexican soldiers opened fire on a truck carrying a group near the border with Guatemala, Mexico&rsquo;s Defense Department said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The department said in a statement that soldiers claimed they heard shots as the trucks and two other vehicles approached their position late Tuesday in the southern state of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cartel-ridden-mexico-re-elects-leftist-government-candidate-killed-hitmen-voter-kidnapped-polls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chiapas<\/a>, near the town of Huixtla.<\/p>\n<p>Two soldiers opened fire on the truck, which was carrying migrants from Egypt, Nepal, Cuba, India, Pakistan and at least one other country.<\/p>\n<p>Soldiers then approached the truck and found four of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/eight-migrants-arrested-allegedly-looting-flood-ravaged-tennessee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">migrants<\/a> dead and 12 wounded.<\/p>\n<p>Two of the wounded later died of their injuries.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>There was no immediate information on the condition of the other 10.<\/p>\n<p>Local prosecutors confirmed all the victims died of gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n<p>The Defense Department did not say whether the migrants died as a result of army fire, or whether any weapons were found in the truck.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Six international migrants were killed when Mexican soldiers opened fire on a truck near the Guatemalan border.<br \/> The truck, carrying migrants from Egypt, Nepal, Cuba, India, Pakistan, and others, was fired upon after soldiers reported hearing shots. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Mexico?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Mexico<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MigrantTragedy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MigrantTragedy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EXfnpguTph\">pic.twitter.com\/EXfnpguTph<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Tatva (@thetatvaindia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thetatvaindia\/status\/1841740476669452445?\">October 3, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>There were 17 other migrants in the truck who were unharmed. The vehicle was carrying a total of 33 migrants.<\/p>\n<p>The road is a common route for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/former-crime-victim-coordinator-pleads-guilty-human-smuggling-charge-used-county-vehicle-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">smuggling<\/a>&nbsp;migrants, who are often packed into crowded freight trucks.<\/p>\n<p>The department said the two soldiers who opened fire were relieved of duty pending investigations.<\/p>\n<p>In Mexico, any incident involving civilians is subject to civilian prosecution, but soldiers can also face military courts martial for those offenses.<\/p>\n<p>It is not the first time Mexican forces have opened fire on vehicles carrying migrants in the area, which is also the object of turf battles between warring drug cartels.<\/p>\n<p>In the same area in 2021, the quasi-military <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/immigration-fires-mexico-health-mexico-city-702406b018f750e4741fd7e2123ffae3\">National Guard<\/a> opened fire on a pickup truck carrying migrants, killing one and wounding four.<\/p>\n<p>Irineo Mujica, a migrant rights activist who has frequently accompanied caravans of migrants in that area of Chiapas, said he doubted the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-harris-admin-turning-migrants-voting-us-citizens-fastest-speed-years-election-draws-closer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">migrants<\/a> or their smugglers opened fire.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is really impossible that these people would have been shooting at the army,&rdquo; Mujica said. &ldquo;Most of the time, they get through by paying bribes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The U.N. agency for refugees in Mexico, known as the ACNUR, wrote that it &ldquo;expresses its concern about the events in Chiapas,&rdquo; noting &ldquo;people in migration are exposed to great risks during their journey, and that is why it is indispensable they have legal means of access, travel, and integration to avoid tragedies like these.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>If the deaths were the result of army fire, as appears likely, it could prove a major embarrassment for President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-big-shift-mexico-president-puts-relations-us-canadian-embassies-pause\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Claudia Sheinbaum<\/a>, who took office Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Sheinbaum has followed the lead of former president Andr&eacute;s Manuel L&oacute;pez Obrador in giving the armed forces extraordinary powers in law enforcement, state-run companies, airports, trains and construction projects.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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The incident occurred late Tuesday in Chiapas, where soldiers reported hearing gunfire as the truck approached. Two soldiers fired on the vehicle carrying migrants from various countries, resulting in four deaths and 12 injuries; two of the injured later succumbed to their wounds. Local authorities confirmed all fatalities were due to gunshot wounds, but it remains unclear if army fire caused the deaths or if any weapons were found in the truck. There were 17 other unharmed migrants aboard out of a total of 33. The two soldiers involved have been relieved of duty pending an investigation into this incident, which is not isolated as similar events have occurred previously involving military forces and migrant vehicles in that region<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2350488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Mexican-soldiers.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33709,36930,3813,42315,4133],"class_list":["post-2350487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-border-security","tag-human-rights","tag-immigration","tag-military-actions","tag-news"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Mexican-soldiers.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2350487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2350487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2350487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2350488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2350487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2350487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2350487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}