U.S. Troops Pulled From Drug Patrols

All U.S. ground troops involved in the anti-drug effort along the U.S.-Mexican border have been pulled from patrol work indefinitely in a move Pentagon officials said was prompted by the controversial Marine shooting of a young Texas man in May. The withdrawal of all 240 military personnel came in response to the May 20 killing of 18-year-old Ezequiel Hernandez Jr. of Redford, Texas, by the leader of a Marine patrol unit. The military says the shooting was in self-defense. Hernandez’s family says he was carrying a rifle to protect goats he was herding and may have been shooting at targets.