Autopsy: BP agent shot migrant 4 times during deadly incident in rugged Az mountains
Carmelo Cruz-Marcos was shot twice in left cheek & in chest, abdomen in fight with Border Patrol agent
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Posted Mar 4, 2022, 3:25 pm
Paul Ingram
TucsonSentinel.com
A Mexican migrant was shot four times by a Border Patrol agent—twice in the face and twice more in the chest—during a fatal incident nearly two weeks ago in remote part of Southeastern Arizona, according to a just-released autopsy report.
The two gunshots to the face of Carmelo Cruz-Marcos went from left to right at a "slightly downward" angle, while that two wounds to his chest went from his left to his right, slightly back to front and upward, Dr. David C. Winston, a forensic pathologist with the Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner, wrote in the autopsy. He added that the wounds to his face traveled from left to right and "slightly downward, but due to potential crossed paths front/back deviation cannot be determined."
Cruz-Marcos was shot and killed on Feb. 19 when Border Patrol agents tracked down a group of suspected migrants in a rugged mountain range about 30 miles northeast of Douglas, Ariz. Cruz-Marcos, originally from Puebla, Mexico was part of a group attempting to skirt through the rugged Peloncillo Mountains when they were located by two Border Patrol agents mounted on horses.
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