Name: Anonymous 2006-04-21 22:44
Mexican police kill man mistaken for immigrant
SunTimes ^ | April 18, 2006 | MARK STEVENSON
TULTITLAN, Mexico -- A state policeman fatally shot a local man whom he apparently mistook for a Central American immigrant during a raid on undocumented workers Monday, infuriating residents who overturned and smashed two immigration service trucks.
People of this town just north of Mexico City expressed outrage that police would open fire on fleeing migrants and said the victim was a construction worker on a lunch break whose dark skin and work clothes may have made him look like a potential target.
State Police Cmdr. Jorge Cruz Cid said several officers from the Mexico State police force helping federal immigration agents in the raid were detained for questioning.
Raids target Guatemalans
Tultitlan is frequented by Central Americans who slip across the Guatemala-Mexico border and ride trains north in hopes of reaching the United States. Immigration raids here are frequent -- migrants often stop to buy or beg for food -- and residents say police often detain townspeople mistakenly.
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Guess those Mexicans a lucky the US doesn't treat their illegals the way Mexico does.
Hey Mexico, those poor south americans just want to reclaim what was their land anyway and they just want to do the jobs that mexicans won't do so why not let them in by the millions and let them get your health care and education for free too?
SunTimes ^ | April 18, 2006 | MARK STEVENSON
TULTITLAN, Mexico -- A state policeman fatally shot a local man whom he apparently mistook for a Central American immigrant during a raid on undocumented workers Monday, infuriating residents who overturned and smashed two immigration service trucks.
People of this town just north of Mexico City expressed outrage that police would open fire on fleeing migrants and said the victim was a construction worker on a lunch break whose dark skin and work clothes may have made him look like a potential target.
State Police Cmdr. Jorge Cruz Cid said several officers from the Mexico State police force helping federal immigration agents in the raid were detained for questioning.
Raids target Guatemalans
Tultitlan is frequented by Central Americans who slip across the Guatemala-Mexico border and ride trains north in hopes of reaching the United States. Immigration raids here are frequent -- migrants often stop to buy or beg for food -- and residents say police often detain townspeople mistakenly.
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Guess those Mexicans a lucky the US doesn't treat their illegals the way Mexico does.
Hey Mexico, those poor south americans just want to reclaim what was their land anyway and they just want to do the jobs that mexicans won't do so why not let them in by the millions and let them get your health care and education for free too?