{"id":108637,"date":"2026-11-09T12:09:15","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T12:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/7-year-old-american-girl-shot-dead-by-mexican-police-helicopter-during-cartel-chase-near-u-s-border\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T12:09:15","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T12:09:15","slug":"7-year-old-american-girl-shot-dead-by-mexican-police-helicopter-during-cartel-chase-near-u-s-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/7-year-old-american-girl-shot-dead-by-mexican-police-helicopter-during-cartel-chase-near-u-s-border\/","title":{"rendered":"7-year-old American girl shot dead by Mexican police helicopter during cartel chase near U.S. border"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Mexican police shot dead a 7-year-old American girl when they opened fire on her family&#8217;s vehicle from a helicopter during a drug enforcement operation, the state prosecutor confirmed Friday.<\/p>\n<p> Police captured a local criminal in Matamoros, which borders Brownsville, Texas, on October 29, triggering a series of street blockades by gunmen in the area.<\/p>\n<p> The Tamaulipas state prosecutor&#8217;s office said Friday that Aranza, a 7-year-old who was born in the United States, was hit in the head by police gunfire.<\/p>\n<p> The girl&#8217;s mother told Mexican media she was traveling with five children and her husband in a pickup truck when they noticed a police helicopter was following them.<\/p>\n<p> She said the family stopped the vehicle and her husband got out to say they were civilians with children but they were fired at anyway.<\/p>\n<p> Tamaulipas Attorney General Jesus Govea told Mexico&#8217;s Milenio network the officers were responding to &#8220;an attack they allegedly came under&#8221; from the ground during the roadblocks.<\/p>\n<p> The officers who opened fire remain free but &#8220;significant progress is being made in the course of the investigation,&#8221; Govea said.<\/p>\n<p>KABB-TV in San Antonio <a href=\"https:\/\/foxsanantonio.com\/news\/local\/7-year-old-american-girl-among-6-dead-during-cartel-violence-in-matamoros\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that the violence erupted following the arrest of Alfredo C\u00e1rdenas Rodr\u00edguez, an alleged high-ranking member of the Ciclones faction of the Gulf Cartel.<\/p>\n<p>Mexico&#8217;s Security Secretary Omar Garc\u00eda Harfuch <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OHarfuch\/status\/2115938524788605283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said on social media<\/a> that C\u00e1rdenas Rodr\u00edguez \u2013 also known as \u00a0&#8220;Axel&#8221; &#8212; \u00a0was a linked to homicides, kidnappings, extortion and trafficking drugs, weapons and people into the United States.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/11\/09\/35f32866-a07f-46f9-8dde-88feeb584fd1\/thumbnail\/620x413g2\/7dfc3b5fb24958497e57c8d83542e646\/axel-hv1s36gxmaa9nsj.jpg#\" alt=\"axel-hv1s36gxmaa9nsj.jpg \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/11\/09\/35f32866-a07f-46f9-8dde-88feeb584fd1\/thumbnail\/620x413g2\/7dfc3b5fb24958497e57c8d83542e646\/axel-hv1s36gxmaa9nsj.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/11\/09\/35f32866-a07f-46f9-8dde-88feeb584fd1\/thumbnail\/1240x826g2\/aaa6f5bf9b528f5dfb4205673d804046\/axel-hv1s36gxmaa9nsj.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Mexico&#8217;s Public Security Secretary Omar Garc\u00eda Harfuch said that Alfredo C\u00e1rdenas Rodr\u00edguez was a linked to homicides, kidnappings, extortion and trafficking drugs, weapons and people into the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Omar Garcia Harfuch<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The U.S. Consulate in Matamoros <a href=\"https:\/\/mx.usembassy.gov\/security-alert-update-law-enforcement-activity-in-the-city-of-matamoros\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said at the time<\/a> that it issued a shelter-in-place order for employees following the law enforcement operation.<\/p>\n<p>Numerous civilians have died in the crossfire of drug-related violence in Mexico over the past two decades.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, human rights activists and relatives in the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo, across from Laredo, Texas, blamed the army and National Guard troops in the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/nurse-girl-killed-mexico-us-border-troops-blamed\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">deaths of a nurse and an 8-year-old girl<\/a><\/span>. 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