Mexico and US Officials Meet to Examine Use of Lethal Force on Border Latin American Herald Tribune
go to original August 3, 2014

MEXICO CITY – Mexican and U.S. officials met to discuss the use of force by U.S. federal agents on the border in an effort to reduce violent incidents during the apprehension of migrants, the Foreign Relations Secretariat said.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske, U.S. Border Patrol officials and U.S. Embassy personnel participated in the meeting, the secretariat said.

Mexican Deputy Foreign Relations Secretary for North America Sergio Alcocer Martinez and Mexican Ambassador to the United States Eduardo Medina Mora represented Mexico at the meeting, which was held in Mexico City.

Mexico said releasing the Border Patrol’s manual on the use of force would be a positive step, showing “the guidelines and rules for the use of less lethal force when agents make detentions of migrants on the border,” the secretariat said.

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