Texas Police Chief Claims Town Official Told Him to Shoot Undocumented Immigrant Children
Rene Cervantes, the former chief of police in the Texas border town of Rio Bravo, has filed a shocking lawsuit against his community, alleging that a city official ordered him to shoot the children of undocumented immigrants crossing into the United States from Mexico.
In a petition filed recently in a local district court, Cervantes claimed that city administrator Miguel Berry told him to “shoot children of illegal immigrants {he} and his officers might arrest,” the Laredo Morning Times reported.
Why did Berry allegedly demand the murder of undocumented immigrant children? “So,” Cervantes said in his suit, “it would be easier to send the parents back to Mexico.”
The horrifying allegation comes as part of a broader fight between Cervantes and the city of Rio Bravo over the police chief’s contract. According to the lawsuit, Cervantes claims his contract guaranteed that his supervisor would be Rio Bravo mayor, Dr. Francisco Peña, and not Berry, whose horrific orders violated the chief’s agreement with the city.
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