Border Patrol Shooting: Another Casualty of Engineered Borders
📰 THE STORY: A Border Patrol agent was involved in a shooting near the U.S.-Mexico border, leaving one person in critical condition. Authorities are investigating the incident. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: The militarization of the U.S.-Mexico border didn't just happen. Operation Gatekeeper, launched in 1994, drastically increased resources, personnel, and surveillance
technology, pushing migrants into more treacherous desert routes and leading to an exponential rise in deaths. Since then, over 8,000 migrant deaths have been officially recorded along the border, with many more presumed undiscovered. The increasing number of Border Patrol agents – from around 4,000 in the early 1990s to over 20,000 by 2023 – has coincided with a dramatic rise in agent-involved
shootings and uses of force. Double Standard: While Western media sensationalizes every 'threat' at its borders, often demonizing migrants and justifying extreme measures, it remains largely silent on the hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of displaced persons created by Western interventions and sanctions abroad. When the U.S. props up brutal regimes or devastates economies (e.g., Honduras,
Guatemala, Venezuela), causing mass displacement, the resulting migrants are framed as an internal 'problem' rather than a consequence of imperial policy. An incident like this, involving state violence against an 'unidentified suspect,' would be met with outrage if it occurred in an 'adversary' nation. Here, it's a routine 'shooting involving.' Follow the Money: The 'border security' industry is