MEXICO CITY – Authorities in the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas said on Tuesday they are investigating the conduct of police who fired shots that wounded a pregnant U.S. teenager.
The adolescent and her unborn baby “are out of danger, but remain under medical observation,” the state Attorney General’s Office said in a statement.
The incident took place shortly before midnight Monday near the international bridge connecting the Mexican city of Reynosa with Pharr, Texas.
Indira Michelle Blanco Gonzalez, 14, got into a pickup truck driven by a male friend after leaving a store.
Three state police patrols “approached the couple and ordered them to stop, but the minor’s friend ignored them and sought to flee at top speed,” the AG’s office said.
The officers fired shots at the truck’s tires to force the driver to stop, according to the statement. Once they had the couple in custody, the cops noticed that Blanco Gonzalez was wounded and took her to a hospital.
Prosecutors will question the officers involved in the incident, the Tamaulipas AG’s office said.
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