Witness recounts fatal Border Patrol shooting of young Guatemalan woman in Texas
RIO BRAVO, Texas - Marta Martinez was in her bedroom about a mile from the border in south Texas on Wednesday, preparing to attend her son's end-of-year award ceremony at school, when she heard a gunshot. She told her children to stay inside and rushed out to see a Border Patrol agent with a gun in his hand.
It was not unusual for Martinez, 39, born and raised in the area, to see agents chasing migrants who had crossed the border illegally. But this time, she said, she confronted a gruesome scene: outside her room, the body of a young woman lay bleeding on the ground, shot in the head.
"When I started to film and I saw the woman, I got mad, so I started shouting at the man," Martinez said.
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