DOUGLAS, Ariz. — Federal and native authorities are investigating the demise of a person who was shot by a U.S. Border Patrol agent late Saturday a couple of miles north of the Mexico border close to of the Arizona city of Douglas.
U.S. Customs and Border Safety space spokesperson John Mennell confirmed Monday the company was investigating with the Cochise County Sheriff’s Workplace, and that Mexican Consulate officers have been notified of the demise within the Skeleton Canyon space of the Peloncillo Mountains.
The Mexican Consulate in Douglas didn’t instantly reply to phone and e mail messages.
The taking pictures was reported about 10 p.m. Saturday in “tough terrain” on East Geronimo Path, about 30 miles northeast of Douglas, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned in a information launch.
“Early indications are that one male topic, presumed to be an unlawful immigrant, was fatally wounded by a Border Patrol agent who was on obligation with further personnel,” it mentioned.
Different individuals within the space have been detained and brought to a Border Patrol station “for interview functions and additional processing,” the assertion mentioned.
The Arizona Division of Public Security helped retrieve the person’s physique early Sunday, and it was taken to the health worker’s workplace in Pima County.
The id and nationality of the person weren’t instantly disclosed, pending notification of kinfolk, the Cochise County sheriff’s workplace assertion mentioned.
