Mexican cops arrested for shooting child JUAREZ, Mexico, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- A 9-year-old boy was shot by police Mexican police officers who then arrested the boy's mother and tried to accuse her of attempted murder, prosecutors said. Sonia Tapia Cisneros was arrested Monday night in Juarez, Mexico, but released Wednesday when prosecutors determined there was no case against her. Tapia and her son are both U.S. citizens who live in Juarez, the El Paso (Texas) Times reported. Tapia, a school principal, said she and her son were sitting in her car Monday waiting to pick up her daughter from a friend's house when two officers ordered her out of the vehicle. Tapia said she thought the police officers were telling her to get out of the way of a dangerous situation, so she drove off. The officers, however, started firing at the car. Tapia's son, Jose Lopez Tapia, was shot in the hands, hip and stomach. I thought they were protecting me and telling me to leave because there was going to be a confrontation with criminals. My first impulse was to leave," Tapia told a Wednesday news conference. Lopez was taken to the hospital for treatment but the officers told Tapia she would have to be taken into custody. She was later taken to the state prosecutor's office where she learned the police department was accusing her of attempted murder. The police officers said Tapia tried to run over several agents who had ordered her to stop. The officers also said several hooded and armed men had been in the vehicle with her. Prosecutors said the officers fabricated the story. Officers Yadira Jazmin Reyes Gallardo, 26, and Ziran Cadena, 30, are charged with causing damage and wounding Lopez. Two other officers are accused of giving false testimony, the newspaper said.