Mexican Gov't Blasts Killing of Migrant
Wednesday January 17, 2007 8:46 AM
By LISA J. ADAMS
Associated Press Writer
MEXICO CITY (AP) - The Mexican government sent a diplomatic note to the United States on Tuesday protesting the fatal shooting of a Mexican immigrant by a U.S. Border Patrol agent.
The note, presented by the Mexican Embassy in Washington, relayed ``the Mexican government's firm condemnation'' of the shooting and its ``serious concern over the recurrence of this type of incident,'' according to a Foreign Relations Department news release.
The diplomatic note underscored Mexico's demand that the U.S. conduct ``an exhaustive investigation'' and punish whoever is responsible, the release said.
Francisco Javier Dominguez-Rivera, 22, of Puebla, Mexico, was killed Friday in a confrontation with the unidentified agent north of the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona between Bisbee and Douglas.
A group of seven people were crossing the desert and the agent took six of them into custody without incident, authorities said.
But the agent and Dominguez-Rivera began fighting, authorities said. The agent, who believed his life was in danger, shot and killed the man, the Border Patrol said previously. An autopsy was scheduled Wednesday.
On Sunday, Mexican President Felipe Calderon expressed his ``most energetic protest'' against the shooting.
The agent is on paid administrative leave while the case is pending. An FBI spokeswoman in Arizona said both county and federal investigations were under way and that there could be a civil rights investigation.
Mexican consular personnel have met with Dominguez Rivera's brothers and the four others who are being held in a detention center in an effort to obtain their version of Friday's events, the Foreign Relations Department said.
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