Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Border tragedy

Now we have more in common with Israel.

They have defended themselves against rock-throwing Palestinians.  Will our Administration now empathize with them?

BTW the photo was posted on Aljazeera's web page this morning.

I'm sorry the boy was killed, my condolences to his family.

Mexico anger high as U.S. Border Patrol kills teen
By OLIVIA TORRES and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) - Mexicans are seething over the second death of a countryman at the hands of U.S. Border Patrol agents in two weeks, an incident near downtown El Paso that is threatening to escalate tensions over migrant issues.

U.S. authorities said Tuesday a Border Patrol agent was defending himself and colleagues when he fatally shot the 15-year-old as officers came under a barrage of big stones while trying to detain illegal immigrants on the U.S. side of the Rio Grande.

About 30 relatives and friends gathered late Tuesday to mourn Sergio Adrian Hernandez Huereka, whose shooting Monday evening came along the border with Texas. He died on the Mexican side of the river.

"Damn them! Damn them!" sobbed Rosario Hernandez, sister of the dead teenager, at a wake in the family's two-room adobe house on the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez.

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