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Mexico demands investigation after U.S. border agent shoots teenager dead… for throwing stones at him

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Mexico has slammed the U.S. for its ‘disproportionate use of force’ after a boy of 14 was shot dead by an American Border Patrol officer.

U.S. officials claim the guard was defending himself and his colleagues when he gunned down the teenager on the other side of the border as he and other officers were pelted with stones.

The border patrol were trying to arrest illegal immigrants on the Texas side of the Rio Grande river near El Paso on Monday night.

Full story: Mexico demands investigation after U.S. border agent shoots teenager dead… for throwing stones at him | Mail Online