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The Texas Military Department isn’t identifying the Guard member or providing details about the Saturday shooting. The man who was shot in the leg said he was working out near the river.
The Texas Military Department confirmed on Monday that a member of the Texas Army National Guard discharged his weapon during a "border-related" incident on Saturday evening in South El Paso.
Texas National Guard opened an investigation after a member "discharged a weapon in a border-related incident," reportedly wounding a man in Mexico.
Sources claim the man assaulted a group of migrants with a knife as they attempted to cross the river, and that's when the National Guardsmen fired at Garcia.
A Texas Guardsman shot a suspected cartel operative in Mexico while witnessing a violent assault on a group of migrants.