"CHAOS CONTINUES ON OUR SOUTHERN BORDER" by Rita Bonilla in the Las Vegas Tribune.


Link to the Las Vegas Tribune article by Rita Bonilla:
http://www.lasvegastribune.com/index.ph ... Itemid=282


Cut and pasted article:
CHAOS CONTINUES ON OUR SOUTHERN BORDER

Because our borders continue to be a virtual sieve, again this past week on Monday, June 7, another international incident took place on our southern border with Mexico. Sergio Adrian Hernández Guereca, a 15-year old Mexican, was killed Monday evening on a bridge in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, across the river from El Paso, Texas.


According to reports generated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Mexican youth was fatally shot by an unnamed U.S. Border Patrol Agent.


Some witnesses stated that the agent involved in the shooting was on bicycle patrol and the victim was part of a group of teens who were taunting border agents by crossing to the U.S. side and then quickly returning to the Mexican side. It has also been reported that some in the group were throwing rocks at the agent---although one witness said that young Hernandez Guereca was not one of the youths throwing rocks.


A friend of the Hernandez Guereca family from Cuidad Juarez stated that Sergio Adrian Hernandez Guereca had actually gone to meet his brother on the Mexican side of the bridge when he was shot. He went on to say that, "They had no justification; he was not a drug trafficker. He was the hope of this family."
No one can deny that this is a very, very tragic incident which never should have occurred. But as long as we have a virtually open border with little or no physical barriers, these types of incidents will unfortunately, in my opinion, continue to occur.


Now while the Hernandez Guereca family and friends have tried to paint a picture of an innocent, law-abiding 15-year old, reports on Univision Spanish-language news on Tuesday, June 8, revealed a darker side to the young Hernandez. According to Univision ’s report, Sergio Adrian Hernandez Guereca was known by the authorities in El Paso as a human smuggler trafficker and was on the Juvenile “Most Wantedâ€