A soldier with the Texas National Guard allegedly fired a gun near the U.S.-Mexico border, hitting a 22-year-old man across the border in Mexico.

Mexican authorities and an advocate for human rights say the bullet crossed the border from El Paso on Saturday near the Bridge of the Americas.

It then struck the man in the leg in Ciudad Juarez.

According to the Border Network for Human Rights (BNHR), that man was not attempting to cross the border, but practicing sports with a group.

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      1 year ago

      I mean… Archduke Franz Ferdinand was killed by a single man

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        1 year ago

        And that war is one of the first examples always brought up of needless war in an era of rich people looking for glory as a distraction from boredom and a way to gain social rank.

        Not really a great example for this considering the refrain after was “never again”.

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          1 year ago

          I wasn’t really making any larger point or comment about it.

          Just saw your comment about a single dumbass never starting a war, and thought of good ol’ Gravilo Princip.