A group of unidentified gunmen shot and wounded a Venezuelan migrant during a failed kidnapping attempt at the Mexico-Texas border.
El Diario de Juarez reported that the incident occurred on Friday shortly after 2 a.m., next to the border fence along Boulevard Juan Pablo II in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua.
The migrant was walking towards Gate #36, allegedly with the intent of crossing into Texas, when a group of gunmen tried to force him into a vehicle. The gunmen shot the Venezuelan man during the struggle. The gunmen fled shortly after.
Local police from Ciudad Juarez responded to the scene after getting a call from U.S. Border Patrol agents who saw the attempted kidnapping from their surveillance equipment.
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