Judge awards $500,000 to immigrant shot by Border Patrol

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Judge awards $500,000 to immigrant shot by Border Patrol
Published: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 3:42 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 3:42 p.m.

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A former U.S. Border Patrol agent who shot and wounded a Mexican man intentionally used excessive force and was not justified in opening fire, a federal judge said as he awarded the victim half a million dollars in a lawsuit.

Gunfire hit Jesus Castro-Romo of Nogales, Sonora, in the stomach on Nov. 16, 2010, after he was caught crossing illegally from Mexico into the Arizona desert.

Former agent Abel Canales did not face criminal charges after the shooting was deemed justified by Colorado prosecutors, who reviewed the case because federal prosecutors in Arizona had a conflict of interest.

Neither the Border Patrol nor Canales' public defender have responded to requests for comment.

In a ruling issued Feb. 5 in the civil case, Judge James A. Soto awarded Castro-Romo nearly $500,000 in damages and said that Canales lacked credibility.

Read more: http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20150211/APA/302119653

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(So now someone will shoot him again for accepting the court-awarded damages???)

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

1. good

[leveymg]

2. Border Patrol and Sheriffs routinely shoot Mexican kids throwing rocks.

Shades of the West Bank wall. See,

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