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| Shooting: The border crossing at Fort Hancock,Texas, where U.S. workers were fired on from Mexico as they repaired the road |
Texas Workers Fired On from Mexican Side of Border
WASHINGTON – A group of U.S. workers was shot at from the Mexican side of the border as they were repairing a road in Texas, but no one was hurt, authorities said.
The workers were in the town of Fort Hancock, 130 kilometers (80 miles) southeast of El Paso, not far from the Mexican border, Hudspeth County Sheriff Mike Doyle said.
Authorities said that immediately after the gunshots a rancher saw a white pickup driving away on the other side of the border, which is less than a kilometer (just over 1/2 mile) from where the laborers were doing roadwork.
One of them told the El Paso Times that he had heard what “sounded like high-powered rifles.”
For his part, Doyle said that those who did the shooting “were trying to get them (the workers) outside this area.”
The place where the incident occurred is used by Mexican drug gangs as an entry corridor for bringing marijuana and cocaine into the United States, because of its isolated location.
Nonetheless, Doyle’s office said that this is the first time they have heard of shots being fired from the other side of the border.
Personnel with the Texas Department of Public Safety escorted the workers and their equipment out of the area.
Rep. Francisco “Quico” Canseco (R-Texas), who represents the area where the incident took place, said that what happened was “completely unacceptable.”
“Our border is not secure from violence that threatens American lives. Securing our border against the cartels and their violent threat must be a top priority,” the congressman said. EFE
Road workers forced to duck for cover after gun shots are fired across Mexico border
Four U.S. road workers were shot at by at least one gunman using a high-powered rifle from across the Mexico border, sheriff officials have said.
A white pickup truck was seen fleeing the area on the Mexican side of the border in a ghost town near Fort Hancock, Texas.
The bullets struck private land along the unpaved Indian Hot Springs Road - around half a mile from the border fence.
The workers had been filling holes along the road caused by rainstorm damage.
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