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Mother says police helicopter gunfire killed her 7-year-old daughter during Mexico cartel operation
Authorities are reviewing video and ballistic evidence as the officers remain free and investigators seek to determine who fired the fatal shot.
- On October 29, police killed seven-year-old US-born Aranza during a drug enforcement operation in Matamoros, Tamaulipas; the state prosecutor confirmed the fatal shooting on November 6.
- Following a criminal capture in Matamoros on October 29, gunmen triggered street blockades near Brownsville, Texas, creating the volatile environment where the shooting occurred.
- The family reported traveling with five children in a pickup truck when a police helicopter followed them; despite stopping to signal civilian status, officers fired anyway.
- Tamaulipas Attorney-General Jesus Govea told Milenio the officers were responding to "an attack they allegedly came under" during the blockades, though he said "significant progress is being made in the course of the investigation."
- Numerous civilians have died in crossfire during drug-related violence over the past two decades, illustrating the "deadly risk to civilians in Mexico" that this case exemplifies.
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A 7-year-old girl with dual U.S. and Mexican citizenship was shot and killed during a Mexican security operation targeting an alleged cartel member, with her
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A 7-year-old girl with dual U.S. and Mexican citizenship was shot and killed during a Mexican security operation targeting an alleged cartel member, with her mother accusing police officers aboard a helicopter of firing the deadly shot. Aranza Aidelany Pardo died Oct. 29 in Matamoros, a Mexican [...]
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Mother says police helicopter gunfire killed her 7-year-old daughter during Mexico cartel operation
Claudia Pardo García was traveling with her family in Matamoros when her 7-year-old daughter, Aranza, was shot in the head.
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