Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced that the Texas National Guard soldier accused of firing across the border has been suspended.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that Biden has "done more to secure the border" and deal with illegal immigration "than anybody else."who reportedly shot across the border in El Paso last week – wounding a Mexican national – has been suspended, Mexico’s president claims.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Thursday that he received a report on the soldier's suspension, without specifying which agency it came from, according to The Associated Press. López Obrador, who called the shooting on Aug. 26 a"violation of international law," also said the soldier shot the Mexican man in defense of a migrant who the man was allegedly seeking to harm, and the soldier fired first into the air. The Texas National Guard and Department of Public Safety did not immediately respond Friday morning to requests for comment from Fox News Digital. TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD LAUNCHES PROBE AFTER MEMBER FIRES ACROSS BORDER, REPORTEDLY WOUNDING MEXICAN NATIONALNational Guard soldiers place a barbed wire wall on the banks of the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas, across from Juarez, Mexico, on March 8, 2023.U.S. officials, who remained anonymous, previously told The Washington Post that the guardsmen by El Paso, Texas, opened fire toward after allegedly spotting three men on the other side of the border attacking a group of migrants with a knife as they attempted to cross the river. The guardsman involved was a part of Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's Operation Lone Star, which has
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