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August 8, 2018

Court Rules Family of Mexican Teen Killed by Border Patrol Can Sue Agent
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In more immigration news, a federal appeals court has ruled that the
family of a 16-year-old Mexican boy who was fatally shot in the head by
a U.S. Border Patrol agent can file a civil lawsuit against the agent
and the U.S. government for damages. José Antonio Rodríguez was unarmed
and walking along a sidewalk in Nogales, Sonora, when Border Patrol
agent Lonnie Swartz shot him 10 times through the border wall from the
U.S. side in 2012. In April, a federal jury acquitted agent Swartz on
murder charges. He's now facing a retrial on manslaughter charges.


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