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February 8, 2013

Autopsy: Mexican Teenager Shot Multiple Times from Behind by Border Patrol 
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An autopsy report has shed new light on the death of a Mexican teenager
shot by the U.S. Border Patrol last October. Authorities claimed
16-year-old Jose Elena Rodriguez was throwing rocks at agents over the
border fence. But medical examiners say Jose was shot as many as 11
times with all but one of the bullets striking from behind. They also
found the bullets entered his body at a lower point than where they
exited. A lawyer for Jose’s family said, "The only way I can fathom
that report is that he was lying on his face when he was hit." Further
doubt has also been cast on the claim that Jose was throwing rocks,
since he was standing on the Mexican side of the border fence, the top
of which was more than 40 feet above him.

 

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