Friday, January 7, 2011

Mexican teen who died in border confrontation was shot, officials say

by Jonathan Clark, Nogales International
January 6, 2011

A Mexican teenager who died after a confrontation early Wednesday morning with Border Patrol agents in Nogales was killed by a gunshot, Sonoran officials say.

The Sonora State Investigative Police, or PEI, said 17-year-old Ramses Barron Torres, who died shortly after 3 a.m. at a Nogales, Sonora hospital, was shot in the back of the right arm, with the bullet continuing into his chest cavity, puncturing a lung, and lodging in the left side of his ribcage. [...]

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http://www.nogalesinternational.com/articles/2011/01/06/news/breaking_news/doc4d24d181de1af885746084.txt

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