There was also a second incident the next day when Border Patrol officers arrested five individuals who were found with 227 pounds of marijuana.
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Last year, in southeastern Arizona, a military veteran said his children shuddered with fear in the back seat as agents repeatedly asked him if the children were really his.
Vicki B. Gaubeca, director of the ACLU’s Regional Center for Border Rights in New Mexico, said the announcement lacks transparency because it doesn’t say whether any of the incidents resulted in policy changes, disciplinary action, or a determination if they were justified.
And three people have been killed in altercations with Border Patrol agents along the USA borders so far in calendar year 2015.
A cache of complaints against United States Customs and Border Protection newly released to the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona has an unsurprising implication: America’s border patrol officers act just as recklessly, and with just as little punishment as its cops.
The agency, which employs more than 60,000 border patrol agents and customs officers, has been criticized for transparency and enforcement abuse. In April, officials pointed to reductions in the overall use of force as an indication that agents were using better judgment in the field.
A group of police experts in 2013 reviewed the internal files for 67 deadly force cases.
The U.S. Border Patrol released a report Tuesday that suggests employees were using less physical force than past year however critics say the agency didn’t include all uses of force as defined by the Department of Justice.
The new commissioner, Gil Kerlikowske, came into office on March 7, 2014, promising to change the culture, ordering limits on when agents can use their weapons and asking for more accountability when civilians are shot.
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CBP awarded General Dynamics One Source a $103 million contract for the 10-year project to upgrade RVSS on the southern USA border in July 2013.
