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| Would-be Deportee Changes Mind, Tasered at Border, Dies |
| 2010-06-02 |
| The police said Anastacio Hernández-Rojas, 32, was struck and stunned by several officers from the Border Patrol and Customs and Border Protection on Saturday as they were trying to subdue him. He had been detained by the Border Patrol on Friday east of San Diego after he crossed into the United States from Mexico with his brother. He was taken to a Border Patrol station and, as is customary with Mexican nationals without a criminal record, signed papers agreeing to be quickly deported without a hearing. He was taken in a van to the San Ysidro border crossing, 15 miles south of downtown San Diego, where officers planned to walk him to a gate and release him to Mexican immigration authorities. But as they removed his handcuffs about 25 feet from the gate, Mr. Hernández-Rojas began fighting with officers, said Capt. Jim Collins of the San Diego Police Department, which is investigating the case under an agreement it has with Customs and Border Protection for deaths involving officers. |
| Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418 |
| #4 ya know what? The strikeout button looks |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-06-02 19:27 |
| #3 suspicion now falls on mental duress from AZ's immigration law and blood pressure issues from methamphetamine abuse, but mostly meth abuse interestingly enough: |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-06-02 19:25 |
| #2 Anastacio Hernández-Rojas' recidivism factor now at a comfortable level I'd say. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-06-02 16:21 |
| #1 Gee, he sounds like just the sort we're looking for in an immigrant. He would have done well had he survived, money for nothing and his chicks for free. |
| Posted by: bigjim-CA 2010-06-02 15:35 |