Online: | |
Visits: | |
Stories: |
Story Views | |
Now: | |
Last Hour: | |
Last 24 Hours: | |
Total: |
(Reuters) – U.S. authorities are investigating after two shots were fired from a Mexican law enforcement helicopter when it crossed the border into Arizona, although no injuries or damage to U.S. property were reported, the U.S. Border Patrol said on Friday.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a statement the incident took place early on Thursday at the Tohono O’odham Indian Nation reservation in southern Arizona.
“A Mexican law enforcement helicopter crossed approximately 100 yards (100 meters) north into Arizona nearly 8 miles (13 km) southwest of the Village of San Miguel,” U.S. border officials in Tucson said. “The incident is currently under investigation.”
A spokesman for Mexico’s federal prosecutor said the incident had “apparently involved an army helicopter” but declined to elaborate. Mexican army officials could not immediately be reached for comment.
Shawn Moran, vice president of the National Border Patrol Council, which represents some 17,000 border agents, said the shots were fired at a Border Patrol vehicle.
Early information indicated that the Mexican military forces had been conducting an operation south of the border at the time, he said. Read more or listen to video below.
#USborder #mexico #california #texas #arizona #illegalalien #undocumented #children #distraction #encampment #detentioncenter #america #terrorist #weapon #WMD #nuclear #assault #nonCitizen #dhs #disarmament #muslim #arab #coverup #americaRIP #FEMA #terrorCells