by Davis Winkie, Military Times, and James Barragán, The Texas Tribune Jan. 19, 2023
It’s the first-known incident where a soldier has shot a migrant since the mission began. The injury is non-life threatening.A Texas National Guard soldier patrolling the Texas-Mexico border shot a migrant Sunday morning just west of McAllen, according to an internal Texas Military Department document obtained by Military Times and The Texas Tribune.
It’s the first known incident since the mission began in which a soldier has shot and injured a migrant. The document does not indicate that the migrant had a firearm or any other weapons during the incident. The injury is not life-threatening.
The soldier who fired, Spc. Angel Gallegos, is an infantryman assigned to the border as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star, a multibillion-dollar mission intended to curb the number of migrants entering Texas. Around 5,500 members of the Texas National Guard remain posted along the Rio Grande manning observation posts, building fences and in some cases apprehending migrants for the mission, which began in March 2021.
The migrant was shot in his left shoulder. He was taken to McAllen Medical Center for evaluation and treatment, according to the document.
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