Investigation unveils brutal beating of immigrant involving U.S. agents

By UNIVISION NEWS

Eight people have been killed in brutal interactions with U.S. agents along the border in the past two years, according to a new PBS segment set to air Friday.

The segment looks into the use of excessive force by border patrol, particularly in the death of Anastasio Hernández-Rojas, an undocumented immigrant who was apprehended while trying to cross the border near San Diego, Calif., in 2010.

Hernández-Rojas died after he was tased by agents who claimed he became “combative”, but new eye-witness videos uncovered  by PBS tell a different story. The videos show Hernández laying passively on the ground, screaming for help while surrounded by over a dozen agents.

A petition by Presente.org, a Latino advocacy group based in Washington, D.C., is asking the Justice Department to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death Hernandez-Rojas. So far, more than 16,500 individuals have signed.