BORDER PATROL AGENTS INDICTED FOR CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

 Posted by Porter Corn on 2011/08/05  2 Responses »
Aug 052011
 
BORDER PATROL AGENTS INDICTED FOR CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

The Border Patrol agents who murdered of 19 year old US Citizen Carlos La Madrid, 15-year-old Sergio Adrian Hernandez Guereca, Ramses Barron Torres, 17, of Nogales Sonora, on the Arizona border are still walking free today, but two other weren’t so lucky. A federal grand jury in Tucson returned a 5-count indictment today against Dario Castillo, 23, and Ramon Zuniga, 29, both of Maricopa, Ariz., for Conspiracy to Deprive Persons of Civil Rights and Civil Rights Deprivation under Color of Law. Castillo was also charged with Tampering with a Witness. The defendants will be summoned to appear for arraignment in federal court. The indictment alleges that on November 12, 2008, Castillo and Zuniga were employed as Border Patrol Agents with MORE

Anti-Immigrant Fervor Translates to Terror for Women

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Dec 272008
 
Anti-Immigrant Fervor Translates to Terror for Women

by: Melissa Nalani Ross, On the Issues Magazine In my work on civil and human rights, especially with immigrant populations, I was contacted recently about a woman without documentation who worked at a fruit stand in the northeast. A male customer approached her and asked if she had any waitressing experience, as he needed servers at his restaurant. Seeing this as an opportunity to make a little more money to support herself and her family, the woman agreed to stop by the establishment for an interview. When she arrived, instead of sitting down and discussing a job opportunity, the woman was met by a group of men who took turns raping her. They then told her that if she went MORE