Migrant shot and injured by National Guard soldier patrolling border

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January 20, 2023
1:28 AM

This article is co-published and co-reported with Military Times, an independent news organization reporting on issues important to the U.S. military. Sign up for its daily Early Bird Brief newsletter here. 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.

Davis Winkie