Associated Press, 07/11/97 16:59

EL PASO, Texas (AP) The use of U.S. troops to patrol the
Mexican border against drugs has been suspended along an
additional 190mile stretch while authorities investigate the slaying of a
teenager by a Marine.

The suspension affects El Paso and Hudspeth counties in
Texas and New
Mexico's entire border with Mexico, the Border Patrol said
Friday.

Previously, military patrols were stopped along 420 miles
of the
TexasMexico border shortly after Esequiel Hernandez Jr.,
18, was shot
May 20 by a Marine on antidrug duty in Redford, 180 miles
southeast of El
Paso.

The Marines said Hernandez fired his rifle twice and was
about to fire again
when Cpl. Clemente Banuelos opened fire. Hernandez's
family said he
carried the rifle to protect his goats and sometimes shot
at targets.

The shooting raised questions about the wisdom of sending
military personnel
to monitor the 2,000mile Mexican border.

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