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In 2010, @CBP agents tortured & killed #AnastasioHernandezRojas in public. 12 yrs later, in the first case against the US involving an extrajudicial killing by US law enforcement, the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights heard the case & the US govt's response was abysmal. 
Maria Puga represented her family & described in detail how destructive the murder of her spouse, #AnastasioHernandezRojas, has been for them.
More about the case is here: d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/alliancesandie…
More about the case is here: d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/alliancesandie…
Under @Potus, Dept of State petitioned to have hearing behind closed doors. The IACHR decided to proceed with an open hearing despite objections from the US.
María Puga, Anastasio’s widow, replied:
“If they murdered my beloved Anastasio in public, they should answer in public.”
María Puga, Anastasio’s widow, replied:
“If they murdered my beloved Anastasio in public, they should answer in public.”
#AnastasioHernandezRojas was beaten, tased & tortured to death by border agents. His family has struggled to find justice since 2010. This week @AllianceSnDiego @BerkeleyLaw filing of new testimony from former high-ranking DHS officials point to @CBP cover up in case before IACHR
Full press release here on #AnastasioHernandezRojas case before IACHR here:
alliancesd.org/former_dhs_off…
alliancesd.org/former_dhs_off…
45 pgs of testimony by former DHS Assistant Inspector Gen John Dupuy, former CBP Asst Commissioner for Internal Affairs James Tomsheck, & former CBP Deputy Asst Commissioner for Internal Affairs James Wong explain how @CBP obstructed investigations: #AnastasioHernandezRojas
