In our country we take for granted that we are presumed innocent until proven guilty. But in communities that span 100 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border,
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The Berlin Wall Fell But Walls Still Stand Around The World
Border Patrol killings face renewed scrutiny
He was shot eight times in the back by a U.S. border patrol agent who fired from behind this fence.
“What were they doing?” a Mexican dispatcher asked.
“They were throwing rocks,” a border patrol agent told her.
But other witnesses said Rodriguez was just walking by.
Since 2010, 28 people have died at the hands of border patrol agents.
Jim Tomsheck
CBS NEWS
Reviewing those fatal force cases was part of Jim Tomsheck’s job as head of internal affairs for Customs and Border Protection
“I am familiar with several incidents where the persons appeared to be fleeing and were shot in the back or the side at some distance from the border patrol agent when the shots were fired,” said Tomsheck.
He calls seven of those shootings “highly suspect.” But he told CBS News his bosses ignored his concerns and he did not have authority to punish agents. He was reassigned in June.
“There were certainly many cases where border patrol agents or certainly CBP officers engaged in excessive use of force or abuse of migrants at the border that should have resulted in discipline where it did not,”
Tomsheck says.
Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez was shot eight times in the back by a U.S. border patrol agent.
One of those not disciplined is the agent who shot Rodriguez. He remains on the job.
Rodriguez was one of 12 reportedly unarmed people shot by border agents. Autopsies on three of them show they were shot in the back, or the back of the head.
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Source: www.cbsnews.com
Mexicans Shot on Own Soil by Border Patrol Given Hope in Legal Quest for Justice
Over the last four years, a half dozen Mexican families have suffered the loss of one of their family members as a result of Border Patrol shootings. All of the fatalities were of unarmed men, were Mexican and in Mexican territory. The Supreme Court will likely decide the fate of legal efforts to hold the CBP legally accountable for these killings.
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Source: www.telesurtv.net
A filmmaker’s journey along the US-Mexico border
At a time when the border between the US and Mexico is a lightning rod for public opinion, Rodrigo Reyes’ film “Purgatorio” offers an on-the-ground view of people from both sides of the fence.
Source: www.pri.org
Migrants snared in multi-million dollar kidnap racket on U.S.-Mexico border
Tens of thousands of Central American migrants are being kidnapped, abused and extorted by Mexican gangs just yards from the United States in a growing racket that may be worth up to $250 million a year.
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Source: mexicoinstitute.wordpress.com
Massacres in Mexico underscore government collusion with cartels
Two recent massacres tell the story of human rights failures in Mexico. One massacre was committed by municipal police in Iguala, the second one by Mexican soldiers in Tlatlaya. Both occurred in areas teeming with crime, and activists have linked each one to a government increasingly powerless against drug cartels and violence.
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Source: mexicoinstitute.wordpress.com
Protesters shut down Border Patrol checkpoint for hours | KVOA.com | Tucson, Arizona
AMADO – Protesters rallied for Customs and Border Protection to remove a checkpoint on Arivaca Road near Interstate 19 on Sunday.
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The Fence
The Fence
Examines the impact of the controversial fence along the U.S.-Mexico border.
The whole movie is available through HBO or HBO Go.
Apple TV now has access to HBO Go.
In this short documentary they show
- How migrants cross under and over the wall
- How many U.S. tax dollars are spent on the wall
- Up to the making of the movie, not one U.S. terrorist arrived through the U.S. – Mexico border
- The Fence does not cover the whole U.S. Mexico border region
- The Fence covers enough of the border so that many walk around the fence and die in the dessert
- How animals migration paths are blocked
- Approximately 2 people die per day crossing through the dessert areas of the U.S.
- For more about the deaths of our brothers and sisters visit No More Deaths
Congress’ border efforts are bunk, say border sheriffs
“The bill passed by the Senate in July attempts to solve the problem of illegal immigration with a $46 billion “border surge,” adding 20,000 new Border Patrol agents, and $3 billion in new monitoring technology. But sheriffs policing the border say that misses the mark.”
Community Village‘s insight:
My tax dollars at ‘work’ again, propping up xenophobia.
On the positive side though, this might reduce the number of deaths in the desert.
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