Washington D.C., Feb 25, 2020 / 19:19 pm
The US Supreme Court has issued a ruling in the case of a border patrol agent who shot and killed a Mexican boy across the border a decade ago. The court ruled 5-4 in favor of the agent, finding that court precedent allowing lawsuits against federal officers do not apply to cross-border shootings.
At the U.S.-Mexico border in 2010, three Mexican boys were playing a game of "chicken" by seeing who would run the closest to the border. Fifteen-year-old Sergio Hernandez crossed the border, and border patrol agent Jesus Mesa Jr. noticed him.
As Hernandez ran back into a culvert between the walls on either side of the border, the agent fired two shots, one of which struck Hernandez in the face and killed him.
Mesa claimed the boys were engaged in an illegal border-crossing attempt, and also that they were throwing rocks at him.