PLAYAS DE ROSARITO, Mexico — A Mexican official says soldiers shot at the car of a U.S. Marine who allegedly sped through a military checkpoint outside the beach town of Playas de Rosarito.

Police Chief Jorge Eduardo Montero says the gunfire shattered Pfc. Joshua Kendall Monnet’s window around 4 a.m. Tuesday and sent a small piece of glass into his eye. He was being treated at a Tijuana hospital, where U.S. Consulate officials were interviewing him.

U.S. military officials say Monnet is assigned to Camp Pendleton, Calif. Playas de Rosarito is about 12 miles south of the California border.

Pentagon announces new command nominationThe commander of U.S. detainee operations in Iraq has been nominated for a new command, the Pentagon announced Wednesday.

Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Douglas M. Stone, deputy commander of Multi-National Force — Iraq (Detainee Operations), has been nominated to become the commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North.

The new job would come with a third star.

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