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Juan Patricio Trial Summary Part 3

By admin | Published: April 10, 2008
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 [...]
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Juan Patricio Trial Summary Part 2

By admin | Published: April 8, 2008
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 [...]
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Juan Patricio Trial Summary Part 1

By admin | Published: April 7, 2008
April 7, 2008, a little after nine o’clock in the morning. Five men stood before the judge with their right hands raised. They wore suits in varying shades of gray with creases running down the backs of their trouser legs. Their haircuts and posture pegged them as military men, or police officers. They stated their [...]
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Agent shooting case postponed (Juan Patricio)

By admin | Published: February 13, 2008
El Paso Times Staff Article Launched: 02/12/2008 12:00:00 AM MST The lawsuit by the parents of a Mexican teenager who was shot and killed by an El Paso Border Patrol agent in 2003 was postponed, court documents showed. The civil trial in the suit filed by Cesar Peraza Barraza and Ramona Irene Quijada Soto, parents of Juan Patricio [...]
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Family sues Border Patrol for death of son

By admin | Published: February 8, 2008
Family sues Border Patrol for death of son. After being shot, Peraza fell onto the pavement and Billings tried to handcuff him but other agents pulled him away. I never once thought in shooting this kid. Another BP Agent said. The parents of a Mexican teenager who was shot and killed by an El Paso Border [...]
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