2 Guatemalan migrants have been shot {dead} in Mexico close to US border. Troopers believed to be concerned

MEXICO CITY — Two Guatemalan migrants have been killed Monday and three others — together with a Honduran man — have been wounded in a capturing in northern Mexico close to the U.S. border that apparently concerned Mexican military troopers.

Prosecutors within the northern state of Chihuahua stated the military has turned over 4 troopers to testify within the case, however didn’t say whether or not they have been formally suspects within the still-unclear capturing.

The survivors informed authorities they have been heading to the border wall in a truck with a ladder to climb a wall into america, once they got here underneath fireplace. The 4 wounded migrants principally suffered wounds to their legs and their accidents didn’t seem like life-threatening.

The military additionally turned over 4 rifles for testing. A fifth soldier who was apparently within the patrol automobile has not been positioned.

Prosecutor Carlos Manuel Salas stated the capturing occurred close to the Santa Teresa border crossing west of Ciudad Juarez, throughout the border from El Paso, Texas. He stated the military performs common patrols within the space.

“This can be a patrolled space, and that’s the reason there was this encounter with the troopers, who have been doing their conventional patrolling,” Salas stated, including that the circumstances of the capturing remained unclear.

In previous capturing incidents in northern Mexico, Mexican military troops have claimed they opened fireplace on suspicious autos or people who refused to cease.

Salas stated the case can be turned over to federal prosecutors as a result of it concerned federal forces.

Mexican Nationwide Guard officers and state police have been implicated in shootings of migrants up to now.