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Ex-Border Patrol agent says she doesn t trust agency: Far different than what they portray By Caitlin Yilek Ex-Border Patrol agent advocating for migrant rights
A former Border Patrol agent criticized the federal agency s internal culture, accusing it of promoting an environment of abuse and corruption. Since leaving the agency in 2001, Jenn Budd has become an advocate for migrants and is demanding accountability from her former employer. It took me about 15 years really to think about what I had done in the agency, Budd told CBSN anchor Lana Zak on Wednesday. The policies that I was enforcing, the laws that I was enforcing. Honestly, I had a lot of PTSD from when I was in the Border Patrol.
February 04, 2021 - 9:32 PM
SAN DIEGO - The current head of the U.S. Border Patrol was part of an effort to shield agents following the 2010 death of a man who was repeatedly shocked with a stun gun while in custody after trying to cross the border from Mexico into California, according to a filing in an international human rights case.
The document made public Thursday involves the death of Anastasio Hernandez Rojas, 42. He was beaten with batons and shocked several times as he lay handcuffed on the ground at the San Ysidro Port of Entry in San Diego.
Hernandez suffered five broken ribs, brain damage and other injuries, according to court documents, and died several days later at a hospital.