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The Legal Decision on the Juan Patrico wrongful death civil trial
Ruling in full – PDF
Judge RICHARD P. MESA’S legal decision in the case of
CESAR PERAZA BARRAZA and,
RAMONA IRENE QUIJADA-SOTO,
Statutory Death Beneficiaries of
JUAN PATRICIO PERAZA, Deceased,
Plaintiffs,
v.s.
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Defendant
Juan Patricio Trial Summary Part 4
In the cross-examination Enrique Moreno again went over the list of things that VB didn’t know, and didn’t find out, when he arrived on the scene. He didn’t know the number of officers, their position, who was in charge, whether progress had been made, whether the subject had a means of escape…the list went on. And all of those things were important, weren’t they?
VB agreed that they were.
According to his training, a Border Patrol agent was required to assess these things before resorting to deadly force, was he not?
He was
Juan Patricio Trial Summary Part 3
April 10, 2008. Today, Thursday, was the fourth day of the trial. The prosecution began by calling Irene Quijada to the stand. Before today I had known Juan Patricio through a single photograph (taken at Annunciation House shortly before his death) and through generalities—that he was nice, cheerful, so very young when he died. I [...]
Juan Patricio Trial Summary Part 2
April 8, 2008. The prosecution called Agent VB to the stand.
He walked up from his seat at the defense table, a few feet away from where the parents of Juan Patricio were sitting. I don’t think Cesar and Irene had realized before —I’m not sure I had realized—that this man, who had been sitting so [...]
Response from Annuncation House to the ruling in the Juan Patricio wrongful death civil trial