Three unarmed Mexican nationals killed by police in the U.S. in less than a month

Agapita Montes Rivera is comforted after the funeral for her son, Antonio Zambano Montes, in Pasco, Wash. His shooting death by police has sparked protests and calls for a federal investigation. (Andrew Jansen / Associated Press)

March 6, 2015 1:40 PM PT

Where similar shootings of unarmed black men have galvanized an angry public and brought federal scrutiny, the killings of the Mexicans have attracted less attention.

An officer investigates the scene where two Santa Ana police officers shot and killed Ernesto Javier Canepa Diaz. The Orange County District Attorney’s Office is investigating the shooting, police said. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Spectators view the scene where Ernesto Javier Canepa Diaz was shot by Santa Ana police. Canepa was brought to the U.S. as a child; he worked construction and was married with two children, according to his family’s attorney. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Relatives and friends of Mexican Ruben Garcia Villalpando take part in a Mass in the town of Nuevo Porvenir, in Mexico’s Durango state. Garcia Villalpando was shot to death by police in Grapevine, Texas, in February. (Eduardo Gutierrez / AFP/Getty Images)