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Pedro Camacho

UN to Review Death of Mexican Immigrant Who Died After Being Beaten by Twelve U.S. Border Patrol Agents

Protesters demand justice for Anastasio Hernández Rojas (Credit: Via Alliance San Diego)

The United Nations Human Rights Council will examine the 2010 death of a Mexican immigrant in U.S. custody as part of its Universal Periodic Review (UPR), a process that evaluates member states' compliance with human rights obligations.

The review follows the submission of evidence by Alliance San Diego and the Human Rights Clinic at UC Berkeley Law, which argue that the use of force by U.S. Border Patrol agents violated international treaties.

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