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The so called innocent 15 year old child who got shot by a border patrol officer already had a criminal record.
EL PASO - A Juárez teenager shot and killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent had a history of smuggling immigrants across the border, federal law enforcement officials said.
The uproar over the death of Sergio Adrian Hernandez Guereca, 15, intensified on Wednesday with protests, vigils and an eyewitness video showing the deadly confrontation on the Rio Grande.
Hernandez was shot by an agent who was allegedly being attacked with rocks while trying to make an arrest near the Paso del Norte Bridge.
In Juarez, family and friends of Hernandez grieved at his casket during a memorial inside the family's small home. The boy's father had described him as a student, not a troublemaker.
But U.S. federal law enforcement officials said Hernandez was among youthful guides who help "coyotes," or smugglers, sneak undocumented immigrants across the border.
Federal law enforcement officials said Hernandez was a known juvenille smuggler listed on records from the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System, which includes photos and fingerprints. Officials spoke on condition of anonimity because juvenile records are private.
Officials said Hernandez was on the El Paso juvenille smugglers most wanted list at the time of his death and that the teen's most recent charge of smuggling undocumented immigrants into the U.S. was in 2009.
http://www.scsun-news.com/ci_15265671
EL PASO - A Juárez teenager shot and killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent had a history of smuggling immigrants across the border, federal law enforcement officials said.
The uproar over the death of Sergio Adrian Hernandez Guereca, 15, intensified on Wednesday with protests, vigils and an eyewitness video showing the deadly confrontation on the Rio Grande.
Hernandez was shot by an agent who was allegedly being attacked with rocks while trying to make an arrest near the Paso del Norte Bridge.
In Juarez, family and friends of Hernandez grieved at his casket during a memorial inside the family's small home. The boy's father had described him as a student, not a troublemaker.
But U.S. federal law enforcement officials said Hernandez was among youthful guides who help "coyotes," or smugglers, sneak undocumented immigrants across the border.
Federal law enforcement officials said Hernandez was a known juvenille smuggler listed on records from the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System, which includes photos and fingerprints. Officials spoke on condition of anonimity because juvenile records are private.
Officials said Hernandez was on the El Paso juvenille smugglers most wanted list at the time of his death and that the teen's most recent charge of smuggling undocumented immigrants into the U.S. was in 2009.
http://www.scsun-news.com/ci_15265671
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