In a 5-4 vote Feb. 25, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a U.S. Border Patrol agent could not be sued for the 2010 shooting death of a Mexican teenager on the Mexican side of the border.
Supreme Court rules Border Patrol agent can’t be sued for shooting teen
Bishop troubled by acquittal of border agent charged in teen’s death
An Arizona bishop called a jury’s decision to acquit a U.S. Border Patrol agent of murder in the 2012 shooting of a 16-year-old Mexican teenager at the U.S. border “deeply troubling” and something that “raises serious issues of justice and accountability.”