Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Name Not Disclosed
Gender : Female
Age :
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 09/03/2021
Location : S Meadow Avenue
City : Laredo
County : Webb
State : Texas
Agency : U.S. Border Patrol
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Fall from height
Event : Migrant killed by Operation Lone Star
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On September 3, 2021, around 6 a.m., a U.S. Border Patrol agent apprehended four migrants near the Rio Grande River in Laredo, Texas. The agent handcuffed the four migrants to each other using three pairs of handcuffs. As the agent assisted the migrants through a barbed wire fence en route to a Border Patrol unit, a female migrant managed to slip her hand from the handcuff. She then ran approximately 50 feet toward the Rio Grande and fell from a 20-foot cliff in the darkness, sustaining fatal injuries. The Laredo Fire Department arrived at the scene and declared her deceased. The incident is under review by the Laredo Police Department, the Webb County Medical Examiner's Office, and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Professional Responsibility. The DHS Office of Inspector General was notified of the incident.
