Use of Force on Mexican Border Reviewed

UPI.com
December 11, 2012

With fatal shootings up along the U.S.- Mexican border, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency is reviewing rules on using deadly force, officials say.

The Los Angeles Times reported it has obtained a copy of a memo from David Aguilar, deputy commissioner of the border protection agency, to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. The memo says the inspector general in the Department of Homeland Security is doing its own review in addition to one by an independent outside group.

Under current rules, border agents can use deadly force on people suspected of throwing rocks, such as occurred when a 16-year-old was shot dead in October in Nogales, Mexico.

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This article was posted: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 2:39 pm

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