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July 31, 2014

U.S. Border Patrol Sued for Shooting Death of Mexican Teen 
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The U.S. Border Patrol is facing a civil rights lawsuit for the 2012
shooting death of a Mexican teenager. Sixteen-year-old José Antonio
Rodríguez was killed after U.S. border agents opened fire on people
throwing rocks from the Mexican side of the border. Rodríguez had
ventured out to buy food. He was shot eight times. At a news conference,
Rodríguez's mother demanded justice for her son.

Araceli Rodríguez Salazar: "I believe that there must be justice. I
don't see why there shouldn't be. You don't need to be very intelligent
to know that a murder was committed and they need to pay for what they
did. Therefore, I am calm with respect to this because I know that the
case will go on and on and it will take years, but I know that one day
we will have justice."

Shootings involving U.S. border agents have killed more than 20 people
since 2010.

 

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