{"id":3852,"date":"2016-07-12T14:36:55","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T18:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acluaz.org\/news\/press_release\/mother-of-slain-mexican-teen-sues-u-s-border-patrol-agents-seeks-trial-in-shooting-death-of-her-son\/"},"modified":"2016-07-12T14:36:55","modified_gmt":"2016-07-12T18:36:55","slug":"mother-of-slain-mexican-teen-sues-u-s-border-patrol-agents-seeks-trial-in-shooting-death-of-her-son","status":"publish","type":"press_release","link":"https:\/\/www.acluaz.org\/es\/press-releases\/mother-of-slain-mexican-teen-sues-u-s-border-patrol-agents-seeks-trial-in-shooting-death-of-her-son\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother of Slain Mexican Teen Sues U.S. Border Patrol Agents, Seeks Trial in Shooting Death of Her Son"},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"class_list":["post-3852","press_release","type-press_release","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"subheading":"","date_and_time":"2014-07-29 14:30:00","featured_image":null,"components":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":{"text":"Familia Pide Juicio por Jurado en Caso Occurido Hace Casi dos A\u00f1os Atr\u00e1z<\/em>\n\nJulio 29 2014
PARA DISTRIBUCI\u00d3N INMEDIATA CONTACTO: 212-549-2666, media@aclu.org\n\nTUCSON \u2013 Araceli Rodriguez, la madre del joven asesinado, Jos\u00e9 Antonio Elena Rodriguez, inici\u00f3 una demanda hoy en la corte federal en Arizona buscando justicia en el caso de su hijo, quien fue asesinado en octubre 2012 por agentes de la patrulla fronteriza del E.E.U.U., identificados en la demanda solamente como personas desconocidas (\u201cJohn Does,\u201d en ingl\u00e9s). La madre de Jos\u00e9 Antonio est\u00e1 pidiendo un juicio por jurado para que se presente evidencia en la corte sobre las acciones ilegales de los agentes.\n\n\u201cLos agentes que mataron a mi hijo en este acto de violencia sin sentido siguen libres y tienen que ser obligados a responder por sus acciones,\u201d dijo Araceli Rodriguez, residente de Nogales, Mexico. \u201cEl gobierno de los Estados Unidos no ha responsabilizado a estos individuos, y es por esto que yo inicio hoy esta demanda.\u201d\n\nEn la noche de octubre 10, 2012, despu\u00e9s de jugar b\u00e1squetbol con sus amigos en su vecindad en Nogales, Mexico, el joven de 16 a\u00f1os estaba caminando solo h\u00e1cia su hogar cuando fue acribillado a balazos a trav\u00e9z del muro fronterizo. Diez balas entraron al cuerpo de Jos\u00e9 Antonio por la espalda. El joven murio en la calle, en un charco de sangre a cuatro cuadras de su casa.\n\nCuando recibi\u00f3 los tiros, Jos\u00e9 Antonio caminaba en la Calle Internacional, una via principal que corre parallela al muro fronterizo. Estaba caminando m\u00e1s o menos a 8 metros de un acantilado sobre el cual sigue el muro. En el lugar donde muri\u00f3 el joven, el muro est\u00e1 m\u00e1s de doce metros arriba de la calle. Cuando fue acribillado, Jos\u00e9 Antonio no presentaba ninguna amenaza a los agentes o a nadie m\u00e1s.\n\n\u201cDesafortunadamente, la muerte de Jos\u00e9 Antonio no es aislada,\u201d dijo Lee Gelernt, abogado de la ACLU, Proyecto Inmigrante. \u201cLa Patrulla Fronteriza est\u00e1 usando un nivel de violencia excesiva y innecesaria encontra de la gente a los dos lados de la frontera. Los agentes continuan violando nuestra Constituci\u00f3n con impunidad.\u201d\n\nPor lo menos 27 personas han muerto desde 2010 como resultado del uso excesivo de la fuerza por agentes de U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), sin embargo, a la agencia le sigue faltando un proceso razonable y transparente para llevar a cabo investigaciones y para responsabilizar a los agentes por el mal uso de su autorid\u00e1d, o cuando cometen un delito. La queja de la familia Rodriguez al Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (Department of Homeland Security) fue r\u00e1pidamente rechazada y la agencia ha reusado sacar a la luz los nombres de los agentes involucrados en la muerte de Jos\u00e9 Antonio Elena Rodriguez, lo que es costumbre revelar en casos semejantes.\n\n\u201cEste caso parece ser la \u00fanica via para que Jose Antonio y su familia encuentren justicia,\u201d dijo Luis Parra, de Nogales, Arizona, abogado de la familia. \u201cLo que le pas\u00f3 a Jos\u00e9 Antonio nunca debe de occurirle a otra persona. Esperamos que este juicio sirva como una advertencia a los agentes que s\u00ed ser\u00e1n responsabilizados por sus acciones en asesinatos por arma de fuego a trav\u00e9z de la frontera.\u201d\n\nPor la muerte injusta de su hijo, Araceli Rodriguez est\u00e1 pidiendo da\u00f1os y prejuicios.\n\nAdem\u00e1s de Gelernt y Parra, la Sra. Rodriguez es representada por los siguientes abogados: Roberto C. Montiel of the Roberto Montiel Law Offices in Nogales, Ariz.; Dan Pochoda and James Lyall, ACLU of Arizona; Andre Segura, Dror Ladin, and Cecillia Wang del ACLU Immigrants\u2019 Rights Project; Mitra Ebadolahi del ACLU of San Diego and Border Litigation Project; Arturo Gonzalez and Hector Suarez de Morrison and Foerster LLP.\n\n###"}}],"use_default_media_contact":false,"name":"

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