Court: Family of teen shot across border can't sue in US
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A U.S. Border Patrol agent who killed a teenager when he fired across the border from Texas into Mexico cannot be sued in U.S. courts by the Mexican teen's family, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.
The unanimous ruling was issued by the full 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, reversing most of an earlier 2-1 ruling by a three-judge panel of the court. The border agent's lawyer said the opinion vindicated his client.
An attorney for the teen's family said they haven't decided whether to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
"We leave for others to decide whether this court has lost its moral bearings," attorney Marion Reilly said in a written statement. "On behalf of the parents of an innocent slain teenager — a human being, regardless of his nationality — we simply note that they and we had not expected such a decision from a court of the United States." ...
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