El Paso City Hall Hit by Cross-Border Gunshots – Time for Action? » Publications » Family Security Matters: "A gun battle between Mexican suspects and Mexican police left seven bullet holes in El Paso City Hall. This latest incursion of Mexico's deadly crime war has intensified calls for tighter border security.
The State Attorney General Greg Abbott wrote an official letter to President Barack Obama to say Tuesday's 'cross-border gunfire' was more proof that the state 'is under constant assault from illegal activity threatening a porous border.'
The gun battle between police and armed suspects in Ciudad Juarez — a city plagued by drug violence just across the Rio Grande from El Paso — occurred as police officers were trying to investigate a vehicle with no license plates in a border-area parking lot within view of El Paso City Hall.
Police and the armed Mexicans exchanged at least 40 shots, according to police officials. The El Paso Police commanders said they believe at least seven of those rounds crossed the border and hit El Paso's city hall. An Americans were wounded, but a Mexican cop and an innocent bystander in Juarez were reported killed as a result of the shootout.
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