7-year-old American girl dies after being shot by Mexican police helicopter

 

PP Cherian

Matamoros: A seven-year-old American girl was shot dead by a Mexican police helicopter during a cartel hunt in Matamoros, a Mexican city near the Texas border. This tragic incident took place in the last week of October.

Aransa Aidalani, an American citizen, was killed. The boy, who was traveling in a pick-up truck with his family, was shot in the head. The child's mother, Claudia Pardo Garcia, was also injured in the leg.

The tragedy comes in the wake of the police arrest of Gulf Cartel chief Alfredo Cardenas Rodríguez in Matamoros. The mother clarified to the media that despite the family's repeated claims that they were civilians, they were shot from the helicopter. An investigation is underway against the three policemen involved in the incident.