U.S. Customs and Border Protection declined comment on the lawsuit. The agency hasn t said much at all about the incident, frustrating Risner and his client. Besides not releasing the officer s name, CBP hasn t said exactly where the incident occurred a fact that could be crucial in the case.
The incident began at about 7 p.m. on February 7, 2019, in one of the southbound lanes of the DeConcini Crossing port of entry in Nogales, Arizona. Customs officers alerted to the small, tan pickup Mendivil Perez was driving, which displayed the license plate of a different vehicle, said a CBP post published on its site a few days later.