Law enforcement officials at all levels of the federal government participated in an illegal cover-up of what happened in the 2010 killing of Anastasio Hernandez Rojas, according to court filings in an international human rights case. Some of those involved have now been promoted to the highest ranks in their agencies, including the chief of U.S. Border Patrol.
The filing is with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, part of the Organization of American States. Hernandez Rojas’ case is the first the international tribunal is hearing about an extrajudicial killing by U.S. law enforcement. It has heard cases about extrajudicial killings by many other governments in the Americas.