Border Patrol fires pepper balls in confrontation with Mexico swimmers in Rio Grande
Daniel Borunda, El Paso Times
Published 8:43 a.m. MT Aug. 13, 2019
U.S. Border Patrol agents fired pepper ball shots at swimmers in the Rio Grande during a confrontation Sunday evening on the El Paso-Juárez border.
A Border Patrol spokesman said agents fired the non-lethal rounds after a security guard from the International Boundary and Water Commission was allegedly assaulted by a group throwing rocks.
Juárez families regularly use that portion of the Rio Grande for recreational swimming in summers when the river is flowing with water.
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