Upcoming Events at Balboa Park
Thu May 28, 5:00 PM - Thu May 28, 7:00 PM
6th Avenue and Laurel Street, San Diego, CA 92101
Community: San Diego
Description
We invite you to join us in a Day of Action to Stop Border Brutality on May 28, 2015, so that the voices of border families can be heard across the country.
Event Details
On May 28, 2010, my husband and father of my 5 children was brutally beaten and tortured at the San Diego border by federal agents. Days later Anastasio Hernandez Rojas died. The San Diego coroner’s office described Anastasio’s death as a homicide. My family and I have not been the same ever since.
Since 2010, the year Anastasio was killed, at least 39 people have died as a result of encounters with Customs and Border Protection officers and many more have suffered serious injuries from such brutal use-of-force.
Many of these families, like ours, don't get answers and agents are not disciplined for killing mothers or teenage kids as young as 15 - families such as those of Jose Gutierrez, Valeria Munique Tachiquin, and Carlos la Madrid. We've joined together in this fight and as the federal government attempts to discourage us from seeking answers, we grow more determined to struggle. Now, we invite you to stand with us to strengthen the call for justice and accountability in our border communities to stop the brutality.
We invite you to join us in a Day of Action to Stop Border Brutality on May 28, 2015, so that the voices of border families can be heard across the country.
Info? Contact: Kim Rescate, kim@alliancesd.org and Ricardo Favela, ricardo@alliancesd.org.
Thank you,
Maria Puga on behalf of the Hernandez Rojas family
Since 2010, the year Anastasio was killed, at least 39 people have died as a result of encounters with Customs and Border Protection officers and many more have suffered serious injuries from such brutal use-of-force.
Many of these families, like ours, don't get answers and agents are not disciplined for killing mothers or teenage kids as young as 15 - families such as those of Jose Gutierrez, Valeria Munique Tachiquin, and Carlos la Madrid. We've joined together in this fight and as the federal government attempts to discourage us from seeking answers, we grow more determined to struggle. Now, we invite you to stand with us to strengthen the call for justice and accountability in our border communities to stop the brutality.
We invite you to join us in a Day of Action to Stop Border Brutality on May 28, 2015, so that the voices of border families can be heard across the country.
Info? Contact: Kim Rescate, kim@alliancesd.org and Ricardo Favela, ricardo@alliancesd.org.
Thank you,
Maria Puga on behalf of the Hernandez Rojas family
