Photos: Protest against shooting deaths in Nogales, Son.
About 30 family and friends in Nogales, Son. on Saturday, Oct. 20, protested two shooting deaths by U.S. Border Patrol agents.
Family and friends protest shooting deaths in Nogales, Son.
Taide Elena, grandmother of José Antonio Elena Rodrîguez, holds a portrait of Jose Antonio in front of the U.S./Mexico port of entry in Nogales, Sonora. The Elena Rodríguez and Barrón families organized Saturdays protest. “Unity makes strength,” said Elena. “That’s why we’re coming together.”
Family and friends protest shooting deaths in Nogales, Son.
Protesters holding a sign that says, "Ramses Barrón Torres, José Antonio Elena Rodrîguez, we want justice to be done," march away from the U.S./Mexico port of entry and make their way towards the small clinic Jose Antonio was standing in front of when he was shot.
Family and friends protest shooting deaths in Nogales, Son.
Family members, friends and supporters of José Antonio Elena Rodrîguez march from Plaza de Hildalgo to the port of entry, chanting "We want justice for José Antonio" Saturday morning.
Family and friends protest shooting deaths in Nogales, Son.
From left to right, Taide Elena , José Antonio's grandmother, Selma Barrón, the mother Ramses Barrón, another Nogales youth killed under similar circumstances by Border Patrol in early 2011 and mother Araceli Rodríguez speak to members of the press in front of the U.S./Mexico port of entry during a protest in Nogales, Sonora. “We’re marching so that justice is done,” Ms. Rodríguez said. “So that my son’s case isn’t forgotten.”
Family and friends protest shooting deaths in Nogales, Son.
From right to left, José Antonio's mother Araceli Rodriguez, his grandmother Taide Elena and Selma Barrón, the mother Ramses Barrón, another Nogales youth killed under similar circumstances by Border Patrol in early 2011. The three women were standing in front of the clinic on Saturday near the U.S./Mexico border where Elena Rodríguez was killed after a U.S. Border Patrol agent opened fire on a group of people allegedly throwing rocks in Nogales, Sonora. "They've taken a piece of my heart. It's where they buried him," said Rodríguez. "No one is going to return my son to me. No one can give me back the hugs I gave him, the kisses, his voice or his smile."
Family and friends protest shooting deaths in Nogales, Son.
The sisters and cousins of Elena Rodríguez chant "We want justice for José Antonio" in the direction in front of the clinic where he was shot. "Look at how high the fence is," said Elena Rodríguez's mother, , "How would a rock even make it? It's so high."
Family and friends protest shooting deaths in Nogales, Son.
Participants of the protest marched from Plaza de Hildalgo to the port of entry and then to the site where José Antonio Elena Rodrîguez was killed, chanting "We want justice for Jose Antonio."
Family and friends protest shooting deaths in Nogales, Son.
From left to right, Taide Elena, Araceli Rodríguez, Selma Barrón and Andrea Paula Elena Rodríguez, José Antonio's younger sister, protest in front of the U.S./Mexico port of entry Saturday morning. About 30 Family members, friends and supporters of Jose Antonio attended the protest, which started at Plaza de Hildalgo and continued to the port of entry and then to the site where Elena Rodríguez was shot.
Family and friends protest shooting deaths in Nogales, Son.
About 30 Family members, friends and supporters of José Antonio Elena Rodrîguez, the 16-year-old boy who was killed after a Border Patrol agent opened fire on a group of people throwing rocks in Nogales, Sonora, protest in front of the U.S./Mexico port of entry on Saturday.
Family and friends protest shooting deaths in Nogales, Son.
From right to left, José Antonio's mother Araceli Rodriguez, his grandmother Taide Elena and Selma Barrón, the mother Ramses Barrón, another Nogales youth killed under similar circumstances by Border Patrol in early 2011. The three women were standing in front of the clinic on Saturday near the U.S./Mexico border where Elena Rodríguez was killed after a U.S. Border Patrol agent opened fire on a group of people allegedly throwing rocks in Nogales, Sonora. "They've taken a piece of my heart. It's where they buried him," said Rodríguez. "No one is going to return my son to me. No one can give me back the hugs I gave him, the kisses, his voice or his smile."
The fact that Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez was killed in Mexico does not overcome the fact that the action started in Arizona with the bullets fired by Lonnie Swartz, a majority of the panel for the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals says.