Texas National Guardsman allegedly shoots across U.S. border, wounding man in Mexico.
EL PASO (CBSNewsTexas.com) - A soldier with the Texas National Guard allegedly fired a gun near the U.S.-Mexico border, hitting a 22-year-old man across the border in Mexico.
According to the Border Network for Human Rights (BNHR), that man was not attempting to cross the border, but practicing sports with a group.
Last summer, Latino organizations criticized Abbott's Executive Order empowering National Guard members and State Troopers to return migrants to federal border crossings in Texas.
We have reached out to the Texas National Guard for more details and to ask why the unnamed guardsman opened fire. »