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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
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Alejandro Serrano, Uriel J. García and William Melhado

Warden of West Texas immigration detention center arrested in migrant’s death was previously accused of abusing detainees

DPS Immigration Texas West Texas El Paso LaSalle Corrections Mark Sheppard Texas Tribune Tribune
A K-9 unit sits outside the Hudspeth County Sheriff's office in Fort Hancock on May 19, 2010.
A K-9 unit sits outside the Hudspeth County Sheriff’s Office in 2010. Two men are accused of manslaughter after two migrants were shot in Hudspeth County this week. (Credit: Ivan Pierre Aguirre for The Texas Tribune)

EL PASO — Two men shot two migrants, killing one and injuring another, earlier this week while the two victims stood along a West Texas road getting water, authorities said. One of the alleged shooters is reportedly a warden for a privately run immigration detention center.

Two brothers were arrested in connection to the shooting that occurred Tuesday on FM 1111 in Hudspeth County, approximately four miles south of Sierra Blanca, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. They were identified as Mike Thomas Sheppard and Mark Edward Sheppard, both 60.

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