Federal Appeals Court Confirms Border Patrol Agents Can’t Kill People Across the Border With Impunity

On October 10, 2012, José Antonio Elena Rodriguez, a 16-year-old boy, was shot and killed on Calle Internacional, a street in his hometown of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico by a U.S. Border Patrol Agent.The agent, Lonnie Swartz, fired his gun through the U.S.-Mexico border fence, striking José Antonio appr...

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