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U.S. Border Agent Named In Lawsuit Over Mexican Teen's Death
Posted on 13 Jun 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

EL PASO, Texas - (AP) The family of a 15-year-old Mexican boy fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol agent is now naming the officer as part of its lawsuit against the federal government, a family lawyer said Friday. Bob Hilliard told the The Associated... Read More

Tags: Sergio Adrian Hernandez Guereca , illegal immigrants , Mexican boy shot , immigration , U.S.-Mexico border , Border Patrol , wrongful death , Hilliard , Meza , Litigation , El Paso , Jesus Mesa Jr. , lawsuit

Family Of Mexican Teen Killed By Border Agent Sues
Posted on 18 Jan 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

EL PASO, Texas - (AP) A federal lawsuit filed Monday in Texas accuses the U.S. Border Patrol of wrongful death and civil rights violations in an agent's fatal shooting of a 15-year-old Mexican boy in June. The lawsuit filed in El Paso on behalf of... Read More

Tags: civil rights , Ciudad Juarez , illegal immigrants , Guereca , customs , shooting , Border Patrol , wrongful death , Mexico , Hernandez , Litigation , El Paso , lawsuit , Rio Grande , border agent , Texas

Border Gun Shop Owners Sue Over New Requirement
Posted on 10 Aug 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

PHOENIX - (AP) Gun store owners in states along the U.S.-Mexico border sued the acting director of the federal agency that oversees firearms to halt a new requirement that they alert authorities if someone buys multiple high-powered rifles in a five-day... Read More

Tags: guns , Gun Control Act , National Rifle Association , California , gun control , Border Patrol , Arizona , NRA , semi-automatic rifles , gun shops , New Mexico , gun trafficking , Litigation , ATF , border , Texas , &quot , high-powered rifle , Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives , Second Amendment