A video has emerged that appears to show an illegal immigrant from Mexico being beaten and tasered by more than a dozen border patrol agents just hours before his death.It comes as another video apparently captures Anastacio Hernandez Rojas screaming for help as he begs the officers to spare his life in May 2010 at the U.S.-Mexico border.
The videos, along with two eyewitness accounts of the alleged attack, feature as part of a PBS Need to Know report, carried out with the Investigative Fund of the Nation Institute.
Rojas, a 42-year-old father of five, had been deported and was trying to sneak over the border when he was caught by Customs and Border Protection agents, who said he became 'combative'.
In a press release following the attack, the San Diego Police Department said officers had to use a taser to 'subdue the individual and maintain officer safety' - and 'the subject stopped breathing'. Read More
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