One migrant is dead, another is wounded and at least seven others are in detention three weeks after twin brothers allegedly opened fire on them in the Texas desert, claiming they mistook them for wild hogs during a hunting trip.
AUSTIN, Texas — One migrant is dead, another is wounded and at least seven others are languishing in detention three weeks afteron them in the Texas desert, claiming they mistook them for wild hogs during a hunting trip.
The sheriff’s office did not say where they were being held or why they were initially released on bond. The case is being investigated by the Texas Rangers, an arm of the Texas Department of Public Safety. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials did not respond to phone and email requests for comment on the migrants’ detention.
Silvia Carrillo, the wounded woman’s aunt, told The Associated Press that she heard from her niece via WhatsApp on Sept. 25 that the group was beginning the precarious desert journey from Mexico into Texas and was turning off their phones. When she next made contact with Casias two days later, her niece told her the group had been shot at and she lay wounded, fearing she would die.
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