US Border Patrol has killed 170 migrants since 2010, NGO warns
- May 28, 2024
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V Over the past 14 years, at least 170 migrants have been killed on Mexico’s northern border due to US Border Patroljust over half of whom are of
V Over the past 14 years, at least 170 migrants have been killed on Mexico’s northern border due to US Border Patroljust over half of whom are of Mexican origin, which is why activists asked for help this Monday in a letter to the government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
“We need help from the Mexican government, we need to limit the use of force, there are rules.because it led to historical figures that “This has led to serious consequences ranging from injuries to deaths.”Andrea Guerrero, executive director of the San Diego Alliance, said this at a press conference.
According to the activist, since the registration of the organization in 2010 have documented at least 900 deaths at the hands of the US Border Patrol. and increased use of force.
Guerrero noted:
We know how many times a year they use force, and last year it was at an all-time high, meaning that every day there are at least, they report, three incidents a day.
One of the main problems, he added, is that The Border Patrol’s 100th anniversary on May 28 “did not see justice in any way.”
Victims demand justice
Maria Puga, wife of Anastasio Hernandez, Mexican migrant killed by border guard In May 2010, he noted that He has been demanding justice for years in this case, which he filed with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).where it is under review.
They are celebrating 100 years of the Border Patrol and my husband is celebrating 14 years since the murder, while they are celebrating, we go to the cemetery to cry. That’s why we want them to support us more, because there are so many of our countrymen, most of them Mexicans, whom they attack.
Marisol Garcia crossed the border illegally in 2021, but while trying to move in a van, she was shot by the Border Patrol and was deported to Mexico 22 days later without proper medical care.
For this reason, he asked the López Obrador government to provide support so that such cases do not happen again.
“We didn’t go (to the US) for pleasure or entertainment, we went out of necessity. They leave families broken and suffering,” he said.
He noted that he lives with a bullet in his head and health consequences from the attack.
I have headaches, dizziness, I take all the medications to prevent epilepsy, and it seems unfair to me that any Border Patrol agent was punished.
San Diego Alliance Executive Director Andrea Guerrero (right) and Mexican migrants Maria Puga (second), widow of Anastasio Hernandez, a migrant killed by Border Patrol agents, and Marisol Garcia (center), who was shot in the head by a border agent. | Photo. EFE
Activists acknowledged the Mexican President’s actions to “protect and guarantee the dignity of Mexicans living abroad” but noted that Migrants are at serious risk from border officials who act with excessive force and impunity..
The situation reflects Record migration flow in Mexicowhere only in the first quarter of 2024 Illegal migration, suppressed by the government, grew by almost 200% annually. to almost 360,000.
EFE
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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