Civil trial in teen's Border Patrol death winds down

michael connor — 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 ago was nothing more than a scared kid, a lawyer for the family suing the government told a judge Friday.

“It was five agents and a scared 19-year-old boy with a pipe,” Enrique Moreno argued in his closing argument of the federal civil trial in the death of Juan Patricio Peraza. “Those agents … knew the rules.

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Family sues Border Patrol for death of son

michael connor — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:14:58 +0000

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 Patrol agent in 2003 will seek to convince a federal judge that the shooting was not justified at a civil trial starting Friday.
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Civil trial in teen's Border Patrol death winds down

Family sues Border Patrol for death of son