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February 16, 2015

Mexican Migrant Award $500,000 for Shooting by U.S. Border Agent 
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A Mexican national has been awarded a $500,000 settlement for being shot
in the back by a U.S. Border Patrol agent in 2010. The agent initially
acknowledged Jesus Castro Romo was unarmed, but later said he had
threatened to attack him with a rock. The agent has since been
imprisoned for working with drug cartels. The U.S. government was
ordered to pay for Castro's medical costs and loss of income over four
decades. A judge reduced Castro's damages by 10 percent because he was
illegally crossing the border when he was shot.

 

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