A number of shops are reporting {that a} Border Patrol agent a part of a particular unit rushed in to Robb Elementary College on Tuesday, Could 24, to shoot and kill the 18-year-old shooter that killed 19 youngsters and two academics. That very same particular unit has lately been accused of utilizing violent ways and committing human rights violations.
The Border Patrol agent reportedly entered the varsity with out ready for backup and shot and killed the gunman, Salvador Ramos, AP reported, and he was injured within the course of. U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz confirmed that brokers within the space responded to the capturing on Twitter.
That agent belongs to a particular tactical unit of the U.S. Border Patrol dubbed BORTAC, in response to Houston information station KPRC 2. It is the identical unit that was deployed to Portland, Oregon throughout the 2020 George Floyd Protests by then President Donald Trump, over 2,000 miles north of the Mexico border.
What’s BORTAC?
- BORTAC stands for Border Patrol Tactical Unit, in response to this one-sheet from U.S. Customs and Border Safety (CBP).
- The unit gives “a right away response” to high-risk incidents requiring “specialised expertise and ways.”
- The unit is headquartered in El Paso.
- It was created in 1984 to answer “rioting” at immigrant detention services.
- The unit has developed into a world militaristic response unit, being deployed on operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- BORTAC has been likened to elite navy items just like the Navy SEALs.
Unmarked vans and human rights violations
It is not instantly clear why Border Patrol brokers, or BORTAC for that matter, had been close to the varsity on the time, however Uvalde is about 75 miles from the border with Mexico. There’s additionally a U.S. Border Patrol Station in Uvalde at 332 Lou Stroup Drive — about 10 minutes from the elementary faculty.
Jason Owens, a prime regional official with the Border Patrol, advised AP that some brokers within the space have youngsters that attend Robb Elementary. MySA reached out to U.S. Border Patrol for remark.
Correction: We’ve additional clarified why U.S. Border Patrol brokers may need been within the space on the time of the capturing.
