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Mexico Furious After US Border Guard Kills Boy, 15

Teen was throwing rocks, say Yank officials

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff | Suggested by Disillusioned

Posted Jun 9, 2010 1:43 AM CDT

(Newser) – Mexico has demanded the US investigate the shooting of a 15-year-old Mexico boy by Border Patrol agents under a bridge linking El Paso and Ciudad Juarez. The FBI says the boy was part of a group of suspected illegal immigrants who were throwing rocks at an agent. Witnesses and Mexican police say the boy was shot on the Mexican side of the border, the El Paso Times reports.

"Using firearms to respond to an attack with rocks is a disproportionate use of force, particularly coming from officials that are specially trained ," Mexico's foreign ministry said in a statement. The chief of the union representing Border Patrol agents says a rock attack is "a deadly force encounter, one that justifies the use of deadly force." The agent responsible has been placed on leave.

Unidentified people grieve on the site where 15-year-old Sergio Adrian Hernandez Huereca was killed under the Paso Del Norte border bridge.
Unidentified people grieve on the site where 15-year-old Sergio Adrian Hernandez Huereca was killed under the Paso Del Norte border bridge.   (AP Photo)
An unidentified relative shows a photo of Sergio Adrian Hernandez Huereka, 15, to the press outside his mother's home in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
An unidentified relative shows a photo of Sergio Adrian Hernandez Huereka, 15, to the press outside his mother's home in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.   (AP Photo)
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leonrodriguez
Jul 2, 2010 11:32 PM CDT
Why isn't that child killing monster in jail this minute awaiting trial? The enrtire world saw him do it! Can it be that a Mexican child's life does not have the same value as an American child? One Anglo child goes missing and it's all over the news while the country is distraught. A Mexican child is murdered in cold blood in full view of the world and no one even arrests the murderer because he wears an American Uniform? What kind of a nation are we? Nazi's? Arrest that child killer immediately! We should all get a petition going!
Amiris Brown
Jun 11, 2010 1:21 AM CDT
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ShenzhenJeff
Jun 10, 2010 8:33 AM CDT
The U.S.A. is welcoming illegal invaders into the country so Mexico will not shut off their supply of oil to you. That's the same reason they are letting millions of Muslims in as well, despite the risk of terrorist attacks. You are being destroyed from within because of your dependence on foreign oil. I'm glad Obama and Pelosi do not run China.

 
Mexico • Mexican border • Border Patrol • Ciudad Juarez • Sergio Adrian Hernandez Guereca

 
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