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Supreme Court Hearing Case of Mexican Teen Killed by U.S. Border Patrol

HeadlineFeb 22, 2017

The Supreme Court began hearing arguments Tuesday in the case of the 15-year-old Mexican teenager who was shot dead by a U.S. Border Patrol agent who fired across the border in 2010—and whether the boy’s parents have the right to sue in U.S. courts, even though the bullet struck the boy in Mexico. Teenager Sergio Adrian Hernández Guereca was playing with his friends on the Mexican side of the border that separates El Paso, Texas, from Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, when Border Patrol agent Jesus Mesa fired across the border into Mexico, killing Hernández. The Supreme Court justices appear to be split, meaning the court may hold onto the case and reschedule a new hearing after a ninth justice is confirmed. The ruling could impact at least some of the six other cases where U.S. agents have killed Mexican citizens by shooting across the border.

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