A Mexican citizen was shot and wounded in the leg “while in Mexican territory” Saturday by a Texas National Guard member who was in the El Paso area, a news release from Mexico’s Foreign Ministry said.
The National Guard member who discharged a weapon during a “border-related incident” was assigned to Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security initiative, known as Operation Lone Star, the Texas Military Department said. The man who was shot was exercising at the time of the shooting, César Omar Muñoz Morales, the Ciudad Juarez municipal public safety secretary said. Ciudad Juarez is across the border from El Paso.
It’s the second incident involving a Texas National Guard member assigned to Operation Lone Star firing their weapon and injuring someone. In January, a guard member shot a migrant during a struggle. The guard member in that incident unholstered his pistol, then switched it from his right hand to his left before the firearm went off, striking the migrant in the shoulder, according to his sworn statement.
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