Authorities in Tamaulipas are investigating a police shooting that killed a 7-year-old U.S.-born girl, and Attorney General Jesus Govea says the officers who fired remain free.
Aranza was struck in the head by gunfire from a police helicopter during a security operation, Tamaulipas’ state prosecutor’s office said Friday. Her mother told Mexican media that officers fired on a family pickup carrying her, her husband and their five children. She said a police helicopter had been following them and her husband stepped outside to explain that they were civilians traveling with children.
Govea said officers alleged they had been attacked from the ground during the roadblocks. He said the officers who fired had not been detained and investigators were making significant progress. The U.S. Consulate in Matamoros said it issued a shelter-in-place order for employees after the law enforcement operation.
CBS News reported that human rights activists and relatives blamed army and National Guard troops for the 2024 deaths of a nurse and an 8-year-old girl in Nuevo Laredo. Relatives said the two may have been caught in crossfire as military patrols pursued vehicles suspected of cartel ties.
