Investigation into Meton Killing “Still Ongoing,” FBI Says – Bureau Unlikely to Release Any of Its Findings

Three months after the fatal shooting of a man by Border Patrol agents from the Sierra Blanca checkpoint, the Federal Bureau of Investigation says it is still investigating the incident. An FBI spokesperson says the bureau is unlikely to release any detailed information about that investigation, or to release information about whether it found the shooting to be justified.

Tiano Meton, 25, was shot and killed Jan. 22, after he failed to stop at the Border Patrol checkpoint and then drove away at a high rate of speed. Border Patrol agents pursued Meton east on Interstate 10 for about 30 miles, until his vehicle went off the road near Allamoore. According to the Border Patrol, four agents approached the vehicle, and as they neared the vehicle one of the agents yelled “gun!” Two agents fired their weapons, and Meton was killed. The Border Patrol said that a “pistol-shaped pellet gun was recovered from the individual’s vehicle.”

Michael Martinez, media coordinator for the FBI’s El Paso office, said Tuesday (April 21) that the bureau’s investigation into the shooting was ongoing. He said that “very little” of that investigation was ever likely to be released to the public. He said if criminal charges were brought and an agent was convicted in connection with the incident, some limited information from the FBI’s investigation might be made public.

The Hudspeth County sheriff’s department said after the shooting that the deceased was an African-American man with a criminal record in Albuquerque, N.M., in Bernalillo County – and Bernalillo County records include information on a man fitting the description of the deceased, though identified as Tiano Melton. He was booked into the Bernalillo County jail Dec. 3, 2014 on charges of distributing marijuana and tampering with evidence.

After the Jan. 22 shooting, a small amount of marijuana was recovered from Meton’s vehicle, local law enforcement said.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Các tin tức khác:

  • Singer Fiona Apple Arrested at “Checkpoint of the Stars”

    Singer Fiona Apple Arrested at “Checkpoint of the Stars” Sierra Blanca’s “Checkpoint of the Stars” has once again brought the Hudspeth County seat into the national spotlight. Grammy-award-winning musician Fiona Apple was arrested and jailed in Sierra Blanca last Wednesday, Sept. 19, after a drug-sniffing dog alerted Border Patrol agents to the presence of cannabis

  • County Turns Away Checkpoint Drug Cases

    County Turns Away Checkpoint Drug Cases Frustrated by a lack of compensation from the federal government, Hudspeth County Sheriff Arvin West and his department are no longer responding to drug cases originating from Border Patrol checkpoints in the county. The move marks a new chapter in an ongoing dispute here over checkpoint cases and means

  • About Hudspeth County Herald

    Launched in 1956 and based in Dell City, Texas, the Hudspeth County Herald and Dell Valley Review is the newspaper of record for Hudspeth County, Texas. For more than half a century, and for 40 years under the leadership of Mary Lynch, the newspaper has documented the life of the county and its three primary

  • Culberson County Supports Nuclear Waste Plan, Judge Says

    Though he said he is not prepared either to “rubber stamp” the proposal or to “veto it immediately,” Culberson County Judge Carlos Urias said Monday (June 15) that he believes a majority of elected officials and county residents support a plan to make the county the destination for the nation’s spent nuclear fuel.   Urias

  • Sag-Ashus – The Sierra Blanca Railroad Museum

    The Sierra Blanca Railroad Museum recently received a rather large photograph from Talley Davis, taken many years ago, of a get together of local aviation enthusiasts on the Steeler Ranch. Ole Sag was among those who had assembled to practice searching for a downed airplane. Gene Steeler had placed some pieces of corrugated metal roofing

  • Willie Nelson Detained in Sierra Blanca on Pot Charges

    Every Texan, almost every American, would welcome a visit to their community from Willie Nelson. Over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, Willie made a stop in Sierra Blanca, though the conditions  were ones for which Willie was likely less than thankful.   Traveling to Austin from California, where he’d celebrated the holiday with family, Nelson was

  • Commissioners Endorse Plan for Green Beret Training

    After more than a decade of wars in which U.S. special-operations forces have played a lead role, military planners are seeking to retrain those forces in skills they haven’t used in the decade’s overseas missions. This summer, Hudspeth County will be the site of part of that training effort.   At a meeting of Hudspeth

  • El Paso Water Awarded $150-Million Loan for Dell Valley Land Purchases – Utility CEO Balliew Discusses Water-Importation Project

    El Paso Water Awarded $150-Million Loan for Dell Valley Land Purchases – Utility CEO Balliew Discusses Water-Importation Project El Paso Water last week was awarded $150 million in state loans to acquire Dell Valley land, as part of the city’s long-term plan to import Dell Valley groundwater for its municipal needs.   Using a loan

  • Torchlight Signs Agreement with Investor on Orogrande Project – Partners Plan to Pursue Fracking Operation on Hudspeth County Lease

    Torchlight Signs Agreement with Investor on Orogrande Project – Partners Plan to Pursue Fracking Operation on Hudspeth County Lease Torchlight Energy Resources has signed a definitive agreement with a partner and investor, which the company says will allow it to move forward in opening a new oil-and-gas play on the desert grasslands of northwestern Hudspeth

  • New Bill Would Open Door to Nuclear-Waste Storage in West Texas

    New Bill Would Open Door to Nuclear-Waste Storage in West Texas A Texas congressman has introduced legislation that would shift the nation’s nuclear-waste policy and could open the door for the long-term, above-ground storage of spent nuclear fuel and other high-level radioactive waste in West Texas.   Introduced by U.S. Rep. Michael Conaway, R-Midland, on

  • Investor in Torchlight Discusses Hudspeth County Project

    Investor in Torchlight Discusses Hudspeth County Project In comments to the El Paso Inc. this week, the president of the company that has invested in Torchlight Energy’s Hudspeth County oil-and-gas project said his company is committed to exploring the project’s potential – and is prepared to overcome the obstacles associated with opening a new play

  • At Border Patrol Checkpoints, Many Complaints of Abuse, Few Immigrant Arrests, Report Finds

    At Border Patrol Checkpoints, Many Complaints of Abuse, Few Immigrant Arrests, Report Finds Drawing from thousands of pages of Border Patrol documents, a new report alleges that Border Patrol actions at interior checkpoints, and in “roving patrols” far from the international border, “violate border residents’ most basic civil and constitutional rights on a dramatic scale”

  • Republican Party Returns to Hudspeth County

    Republican Party Returns to Hudspeth County A local Republican Party is returning to Hudspeth County.   Maria “Lupe” Dempsey has been appointed as the county’s party chair, and she said preparations are underway to conduct the Republican primary here, tentatively scheduled for March 1, 2016.   Dempsey said she had volunteered for the position because

  • At Diablo Lease, Well Results Bad for El Paso Water-Import Plan – EPWU Closes on $50-Million Loan to Acquire Dell Valley Land

    At Diablo Lease, Well Results Bad for El Paso Water-Import Plan – EPWU Closes on $50-Million Loan to Acquire Dell Valley Land El Paso Water Utilities has completed a test well on the so-called “Diablo lease” north of Fort Hancock – and, in terms of the city’s plan to import water from the Hudspeth County

  • Only Minor Injuries After Massive Gas Plant Explosion Near Orla

    Only Minor Injuries After Massive Gas Plant Explosion Near Orla Alarm systems and safety protocols apparently proved their worth Thursday (Dec. 3), when a massive explosion at a natural-gas refinery near Orla resulted in no fatalities – and produced only minor injuries for two of the facility’s more than 200 employees.   The fire at

  • Murder Trial Begins Monday (Dec. 14) in 16-Year-Old Hudspeth County Case

    Murder Trial Begins Monday (Dec. 14) in 16-Year-Old Hudspeth County Case Murder Trial Begins Monday (Dec. 14) in 16-Year-Old Hudspeth County Case   A murder trial begins Monday (Dec. 14) at the county courthouse in Sierra Blanca in the death of Todd Alan Cameron – almost 16 years after Cameron was reported missing from his