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JUAN PATRICIO Memorial Mass

admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:14:22 +0000

Juan Patrcio – 1984- 2003

At about 8:40 AM on February 22, 2003, Juan Patricio Peraza Quijada, a 19-year-old young man staying at Annunciation House, found himself standing in the middle of…

Annunciation House Documentary

admin — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:37:21 +0000

A Place at the Table

Camera by: Seth Donald, Joanna Heatwole, Maria Salazar

Sound: Seth Donald, Chad Heatwole

The Legal Decision on the Juan Patrico wrongful death civil trial

admin — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:47:48 +0000

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

In the 2003 Border Patrol shooting of Juan Patricio Peraza, the investigation was questionable

admin — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:30:29 +0000

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…

JUAN PATRICIO TRIAL

admin — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:32:40 +0000

The civil trial against the United States filed on behalf of the parents of Juan Patricio started on Monday. The trial is a wrongful death trial that claims that as a result of negligence by Border Patrol, Juan Patricio was…

Civil trial in teen’s Border Patrol death winds down

admin — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:27:51 +0000

Illegal immigrant’s parents are suing the U.S. government over showdown with agent that left the 19-year-old dead

By ALICIA A. CALDWELL

Associated Press

EL PASO A 19-year-old illegal immigrant shot to death by a U.S. Border Patrol agent four years…

Juan Patricio Trial Summary Part 4

admin — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:56:43 +0000

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

admin — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:55:28 +0000

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…

Juan Patricio Trial Summary Part 2

admin — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:51:41 +0000

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…

Juan Patricio Trial Summary Part 1

admin — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:45:42 +0000

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.…