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Slain Border Patrol agent Nicholas Ivie opened fire first investigators say

The U.S. Border Patrol agent killed last week in a shooting in southeastern Arizona opened fire on two fellow agents apparently thinking they were armed smugglers and was killed when they returned fire, the head of the Border Patrol agents union said Sunday. Ref. Source 3

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Border Patrol under scrutiny for deadly force:

An agent responded by aiming a gun into Mexico and firing multiple shots at the assailant, killing a 16-year-old boy whose family says was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Ref. Source 2

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Mexico boy shot in back by US patrol, post-mortem shows:

A Mexican teenager shot dead last year was hit from behind by several bullets when US Border Patrol agents opened fire, a post-mortem report shows. Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez, 16, was in Nogales - on the Mexican side of the border with the US state of Arizona - when he was killed in October. Ref. Source 8

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U.S. Says no charges for border agent who shot Mexican teen:

U.S. Authorities will not bring charges against a Border Patrol agent in Arizona who shot dead a rock-throwing Mexican teenager two years ago because the fatal injury did not occur in the United States, the Justice Department said on Friday. - Over the past five years, U.S. Border agents have fired into Mexico at least 10 times, killing six Mexicans Ref. Source 2

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Judge reaffirms 'Constitution-free zones' near US border:

"I think Americans are justifiably becoming increasingly surprised and even outraged by the extent to which the national security state seems to be monitoring and collecting information about us all," Said ACLU Attorney Catherine Crump. Ref. Source 8

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Migrant Shot Dead By U.S. Border Agent Near San Diego After Throwing Rock : Video -

While the United States, Mexico and Canada held a major summit in Mexico on Wednesday, U.S. Border policies are back in the spotlight after a U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and killed a man near San Diego, California, on Tuesday. Ref. Source 7

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Petition seeks Border Patrol body cameras

Backers of a San Diego-based petition want Border Patrol officers to be required to wear body cameras despite agency reluctance. The widow of a man killed in an altercation with Border Patrol agents at the San Ysidro Port of Entry in 2010 is involved in the campaign. Ref. Source 1g

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Petition calls for border death investigation

A petition calling on the president to launch an investigation into the death of Anastasio Hernandez Rojas has garnered nearly 2,000 signatures. He died after being beaten and tased during a confrontation with Border Patrol agents while attempting to cross illegally. Ref. Source 2d