Why Is it Mexico demands border agents have no right to defend themselves ?

Question

How is a border agent suppose to wait for response from the Mexican authorities when Mexicans R throwing rocks- concrete chunks at agents and they fear for their life ? Will Mexico have this agent locked up ? Why does Mexico allow their smugglers and illegals to shoot,throw rocks,blocks,wood and Mexico demands border agents have no right to defend themselves ?

SAN YSIDRO – The shooting of a Mexican man by a U.S. Border Patrol agent during a rock-throwing incident west of the San Ysidro border crossing drew a rebuke yesterday from the Mexican Consulate in San Diego and a demand that U.S. authorities conduct a “thorough investigation.”

“Any kind of shooting toward Mexican territory is rejected by the Mexican government,” Consul General Remedios Gómez Arnau said. “They should have waited for response of the Mexican authorities.” The Border Patrol agent shot at two people in Mexico on Tuesday night, wounding one, after a group suspected of trying to illegally enter the United States threw rocks and concrete chunks at agents, U.S. authorities said.

The agent told investigators that he feared for his life, but Gómez said it violated protocols to deal with such incidents.

The shooting occurred near Virginia Avenue at the U.S.-Mexico border in San Ysidro about 10 p.m., when an agent saw three to four people trying to scale the border fence, said San Diego homicide Lt. Terry McManus.

The agent drove toward the group and was met by a barrage of rocks and concrete thrown from the other side, McManus said.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexic...

Anyone who throws rocks at a man armed with a gun is asking for....what?

Answer 1

I have the feeling that Mexico and the USA have not yet solved the issue of seizing half of Mexico's lands

Answer 2

McDrkid is a true coward.

It's isn't right that they can abuse our policies while targeting us for the same crimes, i.e. Illegal entry.

Answer 3

Sentry Guns, Land Mines, Tactical Attack Helicopters, Laser Beams, Napalm, Robot Attack Dogs and Dirty Harry should be on the border turning anything trying to cross it into a greasy protein smear.

I'm sick of letting other countries dictate policy to us and George Bush just doing it.

Answer 4

shoot all of them and tell the government to kiss our (*s. mexico is a poor, ignorant coutry who just blows alot of noise because they don't have anything else.  snipers at the border is the only answer....me

Answer 5

Would you expect anything less from the Mexican Government (brought to you by the Narco Traffickers Association of Mexico)

Answer 6

personally, i wouldnt care if border patrol agents could legally shoot ppl in mexico who were throwing rocks or concrete at them. its only fair, right? t*t for tat?   but mexico doesnt allow its smugglers and illegals (however if a mexican citizen is in mexico, he isnt an illegal alien, is he?) to shoot, throw rocks, blocks, wood...etc at border patrol agents anymore than the u.s allows its arms dealers and criminals to smuggle guns into mexico. you insinuation that its governement approved/sponsered is ridiculous and its c**p like that which stands in the way of true open dialog about the problem. and a true problem is american demands for illegal drugs...which is always ignored when ppl talk about criminal acts along the border.  you see, american appetite for drugs is why mexican drug dealers need guns, to fight for their share of the market. you cant buy guns in mexico and mexican law prohibits citizens owning guns...yet mexico is full of guns because americans smuggle guns into mexico for profit. no one really cares that it happens...cuz only mexicans are getting killed by these guns! yet you expect mexicans to care every time some naive misinformed american starts spouting about a border they know nothing about or live anywhere near. mexicans dont really care that a few border patrol agents get hit by a few rocks...considering their country is a dangerous place to live cuz americans cant live without illegal drugs. so...if we decide to shoot mexicans who are asking for trouble from the other side. fine. they asked for it...  but if you want us all to shed tears for border patrol agents who knew their job was dangerous when they signed on, you can forget that noise. address the real problem and you wont have a dangerous border...

ohhhhhh.....im a coward....says the guy, from the safety of his own home! hahaha    gimme a break...  if you love the border patrol so much, you can blow every agent you meet.  theyre no diff than you or me and not deserving of special attention....other than they are being paid to do a job. they arent noble....  if they were, theyd be doing it for free!  the last thing we need is another gov't employee thinking they are above us all thinking they are special.... we already have the postal service.

Answer 7

Criminal invaders (of which Mexicans make up the majority) kill 10,000+ people in the US every year. We shoot one and what an uproar! I wonder what would happen if we killed 10,000+ people in Mexico every year! Would Mexico roll over like our politicians do?  

Answer 8

It was a proper action on behalf of the border patrol.  Their job is to defend this country against illegal invaders.  If the illegals choose to offer rocks and concrete as barter, it is only right they receive lead in return!

Answer 9

HEY DEAR! You forgot this part of the article:

From about 50 feet away, an agent fired two rounds from his rifle, striking a 23-year-old man who was standing on Mexican soil, McManus said.

A spokesman for Tijuana's General Hospital identified the patient as Edgar Israel Ortega Chávez, according to information supplied by the Red Cross, which transported him to the hospital.

Ortega has a single gunshot wound. The bullet entered his left buttocks and exited through his pelvis, the spokesman said. He remained under police custody yesterday after surgery.

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Border Agents do have the right to defend themselves, but

1 - the guy they shot was 50 feet away.

Unless he's a baseball player, it's pretty hard to accurately throw a piece of concrete that distance.

2 - he was standing on MEXICAN SOIL.

3 - he was shot in the butt!

Last time I tried, I found it pretty hard to throw something at someone while I'm facing away.

HMMMM! I smell a thorough investigation.