The SBCC alleged that Border Patrol's Critical Incident Investigative Teams may have protected officers from punishments for crimes such as murder, sexual assault, and physical abuse.
Above, a group of about 30 Brazilian migrants, who had just crossed the border, sit on the ground near US Border Patrol agents in an area near Mt. Christo Rey on the US-Mexico border in Sunland Park, New Mexico on March 20, 2019In its letter, SBCC also said that there has not been one Border Patrol agent who was successfully prosecuted for use of force on duty that resulted in death during the agency's nearly 100-year history.
SBCC Director Vicki Gaubeca said that the coalition's suspicions about this unit, according to BorderReport.com, came from an investigation by human rights attorneys into the case of Anastasio Hernández-Rojas, a Mexican citizen and longtime San Diego resident who was killed at the San Ysidro Port of Entry in 2010.
Court documents about the Hernández-Rojas case from the point of view of the plaintiff stated that after arresting Hernández-Rojas at the land border, he was brought into Border Patrol custody and complained after an officer allegedly slapped Hernández-Rojas' water jug out of his hands. That prompted the officer to allegedly beat and handcuff Hernández-Rojas, who was tased while handcuffed on the ground.
Hernández-Rojas subsequently suffered a heart attack and died. The death was ruled a homicide, and none of the agents were charged with wrongdoing. Hernández-Rojas' case will appear before an international tribunal that will decide whether Border Patrol violated his human rights, theMillions of migrants have been encountered by Border Patrol at the southwest land border as COVID-19 has exasperated issues such as gang violence and economic insecurity in Central America. Here, a boy and father from Honduras are taken into custody by U.S. Border Patrol agents near the U.S.-Mexico Border on June 12, 2018 near Mission, Texas.
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