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Border Patrol agent kills immigrant woman in Texas

US news May 25, 2018
The US Border Patrol says an agent was investigating a report of illegal activity in Rio Bravo, Texas, when he encountered a group that he suspected had entered the country illegally. The agent shot and killed 20-year-old Claudia Patricia Gómez González in the incident.
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· 25 May 2018

U.S. Border Patrol agent shoots, kills immigrant woman in Texas; agency says unidentified agent was investigating a report of illegal activity when he encountered group of people

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· 25 May 2018

SHE HAS A NAME: unarmed 20 year old, Claudia Patricia Gómez González, from Guatemala, was shot and killed by an ICE agent on Wednesday near Laredo, Texas.

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· 24 May 2018

This young woman had friends and family in Guatemala and in the U.S. So there's a digital mourning happening among people who know they can't be reunited in their grief. The same border where she died is the same border that physically disconnects this community.

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· 25 May 2018

I've been in touch with her aunt, who tells me Claudia Gómez González turned 20 in February. And yes, Claudia was indigenous. Her entire family speaks Mam.

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· 25 May 2018

Early this month, I looked at trends among nearly 100 fatal encounters w/border agents including fatal shootings that were justified on allegations of thrown rocks. By the end of the month, it's happened again w/the fatal shooting of an unarmed young woman by in

I looked at fatal encounters w/border agents inside the US for & here is what I found:
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· 25 May 2018

Laredo Sector issues updated statement on fatal shooting incident that resulted in the death of an immigrant woman in Rio Bravo.

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· 25 May 2018

"Our community really is in fear, we really think there should be accountability over Border Patrol agents,"

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· 25 May 2018

Border Patrol agent under investigation after fatally shooting immigrant

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