A Mexican man said Monday that Mexico’s quasi-military National Guard opened fire on his SUV in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, killing his pregnant 15-year-old girlfriend and a 54-year-old friend, and wounding two other people.
MEXICO CITY — A Mexican man said Monday that Mexico’s quasi-military National Guard opened fire on his SUV in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, killing his pregnant 15-year-old girlfriend and a 54-year-old friend, and wounding two other people
Local officials in the state of Tamaulipas have apparently referred the case to federal prosecutors, since it involves federal forces According to the complaint, which was addressed to López Obrador, the Interior and Defense ministers and governmental human rights commission, the driver noticed a National Guard patrol vehicle began to follow him.
Investigators interviewed the wounded 24-year-old woman, Veronica Treviño, at a hospital later, and she told them that “they started to shoot at us without any apparent reason.” The occupants described the standard white National Guard pickup trucks the force uses and the light grey camouflage uniforms they wear.
López Obrador created the National Guard as his main law-enforcement force and has tried to put it directly under the control of the Defense Department. The vast majority of National Guard officers are on loan from the Army, and all recruits are trained by the Army.
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