American girl, 7, killed during Mexican cartel operation; mother blames police helicopter: report
She was among six people killed during the operation and subsequent roadblocks erected by the Gulf Cartel, according to The Associated Press.
Key points
- and Mexican citizenship was shot and killed during a Mexican security operation targeting an alleged cartel member, and her mother accused police officers aboard a helicopter of firing the deadly shot.
- EXCLUSIVE: INSIDE TRUMP'S CARTEL CRACKDOWN AS WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL DETAILS PRESIDENT'S PRIVATE BRIEFINGS The operation resulted in the arrest of Axel Alfredo Cárdenas Rodríguez, also known as El Titán, the son of an alleged Gulf Cartel leader and nephew of the group's imprisoned founder, Osiel Cárdenas Guillén.
- ALLEGED JALISCO CARTEL LEADER ACCUSED OF DRUG TRAFFICKING AND FUEL SMUGGLING ARRESTED IN MEXICO Tamaulipas state prosecutor Jesús Govea said investigators interviewed witnesses and were reviewing video and ballistic evidence to determine who fired the deadly shot.
Her mother, Claudia Pardo García, told the AP that gunfire from a Tamaulipas state police helicopter struck her daughter in the head.
Mexican authorities are investigating three officers aboard the helicopter who remain on active duty, according to Tamaulipas Public Security Secretary Carlos Arturo Pancardo.
Additional details
- She said a police helicopter began following their vehicle before circling in front of it.
- Pardo told the AP that she, her husband and their five children were returning home when they encountered cartel roadblocks and took a rural shortcut.
- 29 in Matamoros, a Mexican border city across from Brownsville, Texas.
- The FBI, State Department and Tamaulipas prosecutor's office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's requests for comment.
- Her husband exited with his hands raised to show officers they were a family, but gunfire erupted.
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