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It’s been a year and a half, and Jose Andrez Lopez says he still doesn’t know why a Customs and Border Protection officer repeatedly kicked him as he lay on the ground during a trip through the Calexico Port of Entry.
Now, the Mexicali resident hopes he will get some answers.
The officer, Marcos Valenzuela, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on accusations of using unreasonable force against Lopez. The prosecution is a rare instance of a law enforcement officer being charged with deprivation of civil rights under the color of law resulting in bodily injury.
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SAN DIEGO â A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer stationed in Calexico faces up to 10 years in prison for an allegation that he used unreasonable force on a person who trying to gain admission to the United States from Mexico.
U.S. Attorneyâs Office of the Southern District of California announced CBP Officer Marcos Valenzuela, 29, is charged in an indictment that was unsealed Wednesday.
According to the indictment, an individual identified as âJ.L.,â approached Valenzuela on Aug. 16, 2019, while he was on duty at the Calexico west port of entry.
âDuring the course of the inspection, Valenzuela allegedly deprived the individual of the Constitutional right not to be subjected to unreasonable force,â the U.S. Attorney Office said in a release.
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