In September 2012, Border Patrol agents shot into Mexico and killed a man at a family barbecue on the banks of the Rio Grande. The agency says people were throwing rocks; witnesses disagree.
The 2012 Border Patrol shooting happened at a park that hugs the Rio Grande. (Brian Bennett / Los Angeles Times)
Fishermen park a truck at the park where Guillermo Arevalo Pedraza was killed by Border Patrol agents. An agency report said people in the park were throwing rocks, a claim disputed by witnesses. (Brian Bennett / Los Angeles Times)
A Virgin of Guadalupe figure stands near the home of Arevalo’s widow in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. She says thugs have attempted to shake her family down in the mistaken belief that she’s received compensation from the U.S. government. (Brian Bennett / Los Angeles Times)
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Near the place where Arevalo was shot, crosses stand in memory of two children who drowned in the Rio Grande. Arevalo’s family put up a cross with his name, but floodwaters washed it away.
(Brian Bennett / Los Angeles Times)Rocks and a lost shoe dot the stretch of Rio Grande beach where Arevalo was shot. His family was holding a belated celebration for his wife’s and children’s birthdays. (Brian Bennett / Los Angeles Times)