Autopsy determines a migrant died from multiple gunshot wounds over the weekend after reportedly being shot by Border Patrol personnel in southern Arizona, officials say.
PHOENIX — An autopsy determined a migrant died from multiple gunshot wounds over the weekend after reportedly beingThe Pima County Medical Examiner confirmed the cause of death but said it will have no more information until the final examination report is released. It was unknown when that would be.
The sheriff’s office has said the Custom and Border Protection’s Office of Professional Responsibility, which handles internal investigations, is involved in the probe. Agents have been involved in an increasing number of use-of-force incidents in recent years. During Donald Trump’s final 28 months in office, CBP recorded a monthly average of 50 use-of-force incidents. Under President Joe Biden, incidents increased by 20% to a monthly average of 70.
Nearly 60 Border Patrol encounters resulted in deaths in 2021, three times as many as in 2019 and four times as many as the decade’s yearly average. Fatal car chases surged from two in 2019 to 23 in 2021.
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