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In the 2003 Border Patrol shooting of Juan Patricio Peraza, the investigation was questionable
statement from Annunciation House
When law enforcement officers — the very individuals entrusted to uphold peace and safety — shoot and kill members of the community, a rigorous investigation into the origins of such an incident must be conducted.
The case of Juan Patricio Peraza is no exception.
Posted on August 2, 2008
U.S. Magistrate Judge Richard P. Mesa delivered a verdict late last Friday in the case of Cesar Peraza Barraza and Ramona Irene Quijada Soto versus the United States of America, regarding the 2003 shooting death of Juan Patricio Peraza, at the time a 19-year-old national of Mexico, by Border Patrol Agent Vernon Billings.
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