The US Supreme Court gave new hope Monday to the family of a Mexican boy shot on the American frontier, ordering a lower court to reconsider their lawsuit against the border patrol agent who killed him. Justices said the appeals court made a significant legal error when it ruled that the family of Sergio Hernandez … Read more
The US Supreme Court appeared divided Tuesday as it weighed a thorny cross-border case involving the death of a young boy shot on Mexican soil by an American border patrol agent standing on the US side of the frontier. At issue before the eight black-robed justices is whether the family of 15-year-old Sergio Hernandez Guereca … Read more
Guadalupe Guereca wants just one thing: “Justice.” In a choked voice, the 59-year-old woman recounts the death of her teenage son, fatally shot on Mexican soil by an American policeman standing on the US side of the border. “He was taken away from me forever,” the gray-haired mother said, sitting on the bed in her … Read more