Thread: Parents of Illegal Alien Shot By BP Agent File Suit

Parents of immigrant shot by agent file suit

by Sean Holstege - Dec. 10, 2008 12:00 AM
The Arizona Republic

The parents of an illegal immigrant from Mexico who was fatally shot by a Border Patrol agent filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the agent Tuesday.

The lawsuit, the impact of which could be felt along the entire border, comes a month after an Arizona jury deadlocked for the second time in the prosecution of agent Nicholas Corbett on murder charges.

The suit, filed in federal court in Tucson, alleges that Corbett, 41, expressed a hatred of Latinos when he lived in Pennsylvania before joining the Border Patrol.
The suit also alleges he had a history of domestic violence and assaults.

That evidence was not admitted in the criminal cases because charges were never filed in the assaults and the testimony of his former Pennsylvania neighbors was deemed hearsay.

Corbett's attorneys have denied he harbored anti-Latino feelings and have maintained he acted in self-defense.

The civil case is certain to reignite passions inflamed by the criminal trials.

After the second non-verdict, border agents said they felt a good man was vindicated for doing a difficult job.

Immigrants-rights activists said the outcome showed border agents are above the law; the activists fear more attacks or killings will go unpunished.

Border Patrol agents have killed 12 people over the past two years as the job has grown increasingly violent.

In the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, agents were attacked 1,085 times, an 11 percent increase from the year before, according to the Border Patrol.

On Jan 12, 2007, Corbett shot 20-year-old Javier Dominguez-Rivera from about a foot away as members of his family watched.

The family and prosecutors described it as an execution-style killing. The bullet entered Dominguez's left armpit and traveled downward and forward through his vital organs until becoming lodged in his right hip.

Corbett always contended that he shot Dominguez in self-defense because Dominguez threatened to attack him with a rock.

His supporters and defense team called the case against Corbett a farce because it was based on the testimony of relatives who entered the country illegally and a botched investigation that failed to collect evidence or keep witnesses apart before they gave statements.

Corbett was the second Arizona border agent tried for murder since 1994.

The previous case ended in acquittal.

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mmigrants-rights activists said the outcome showed border agents are above the law; the activists fear more attacks or killings will go unpunished.

I guess ramos and Compeon were not border agents in their stupid eyes!

The parents of an illegal immigrant from Mexico who was fatally shot by a Border Patrol agent filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the agent Tuesday.

He'd be alive now if he had OBEYED our laws! I'd tell them to DEAL WITH IT!

Mexican man’s parents sue agent
Say Corbett violated their constitutional rights
By Jonathon Shacat
Herald/Review
Published: Thursday, December 11, 2008 5:12 AM MST

BISBEE — A civil rights lawsuit was filed against U.S. Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Corbett on Wednesday in federal court in Tucson regarding the death of Francisco Dominguez-Rivera, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, last year.

The plaintiffs in the case are Dominguez-Rivera’s parents — Renato Ariza Dominguez and Maria Clara Leonor Rivera Cordero, both of Mexico. Their attorneys are listed as Richard Gonzales in Tucson and Federico Castelan Sayre in Santa Ana, Calif. Corbett is the sole defendant.

The complaint requests a jury trial and seeks a judgment against Corbett that holds him liable and awards the plaintiffs “all actual, compensatory and punitive damages to which they are entitled by law, their attorney’s fees and costs incurred herein, and such other and further relief as the court may deem just and proper.â€