A U.S. Border Patrol agent has been indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with a 2022 shooting in Calexico.

Border Patrol agent Marcos Javier Andrade faces one count of deprivation of rights under color of law and one count of use and discharge of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. According to the indictment, on July 11, 2022, in Calexico, Andrade tried to stop a minivan he suspected of smuggling undocumented immigrants. The van was driven by a 19-year-old U.S. citizen who was unarmed and was not engaged in smuggling activity. The van became stuck in traffic on State Route 98 in the city of Calexico and Andrade allegedly pulled up next to the van, got out of the Border Patrol vehicle and fired eight shots at the driver. The teen was hit in the neck, hip, shoulder and hand as well as having shattered glass lodged in his eye. The teen driver survived. The indictment also that the Border Patrol agent had been disciplined in 2012 and 2017 for firing his gun at civilians. Andrade is scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court in San Diego next week.