Support for LAist comes from
Become a sponsor
Audience-funded nonprofit news
Donate
Stay Connected

LAist is part of Southern California Public Radio, a member-supported public media network.

Audience-funded nonprofit news
Listen
Donate
Podcasts Take Two
Border Patrol rejects limits to use of deadly force policies
solid orange rectangular banner
()
Take Two Logo
Nov 6, 2013
Listen • 2:16
Border Patrol rejects limits to use of deadly force policies
The U.S. Border Patrol recently reviewed its use of force policies, and concluded that agents will still be able to use deadly force against people throwing rocks.
Protests in Nogales, Mexico, as the January 2011 shooting death of Ramses Barron Torres by a U.S. Border Patrol agent remained unsolved. In August 2013, the FBI said the agent fired in self-defense after Barron threw rocks.
Protests in Nogales, Mexico, as the January 2011 shooting death of Ramses Barron Torres by a U.S. Border Patrol agent remained unsolved. In August 2013, the FBI said the agent fired in self-defense after Barron threw rocks.
(
Michel Marizco/Fronteras Desk
)

The U.S. Border Patrol recently reviewed its use of force policies, and concluded that agents will still be able to use deadly force against people throwing rocks.

The U.S. Border Patrol recently reviewed its use of force policies, and concluded that agents will still be able to use deadly force against people throwing rocks.

This decision comes in spite of the reported recommendations of an advisory board to end that tactic. From Tucson, Fronteras Desk correspondent Michel Marizco explains.