Mexico DENIES any role in death of Honduran caravan migrant who was struck in the head by a rubber bullet during struggle on country's border with Guatemala
- Henry Adalid, 26, of Honduras, died of a head injury during Sunday's clash with authorities on Guatemala-Mexico border
A 26-year-old migrant traveling in the second caravan bound for the US was killed on Sunday during a clash on the border between Guatemala and Mexico after being struck in the head by a rubber bullet, but Mexican officials have denied any responsibility for the man's death.
On Sunday, while the band of migrants was resting and reorganizing in Tepanatepec, Mexico, several hundred in another group broke through border barriers in the Guatemalan border town of Tecun Uman just as members of the caravan did more than a week earlier.
Those migrants clashed with Mexican authorities determined not to let the caravan grow or be repeated.
The new group gathered on the international bridge leading from Tecun Uman to Mexico. Guatemalan firefighters confirmed that 26-year-old Henry Adalid died from a head injury caused by a rubber bullet.
Henry Adalid, a 26-year-old Honduran migrant (pictured), was killed after being struck in the head with a rubber bullet during unrest Sunday on the Guatemala-Mexico border
At a news conference late Sunday, Mexican Interior Secretary Alfonso Navarrete Prida insisted that his country's forces were not responsible.
He said that Mexican federal police and immigration agents were attacked with rocks, glass bottles and fireworks when migrants broke through a gate on the Mexican side of the border, but that none of the officers were armed with firearms or anything that could fire rubber bullets.
Navarrete said some of the attackers carried guns and firebombs.
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