Cell phone video shows border shooting scene - CNN.com

Youth fatally shot by border agent had smuggling ties, official says

By the CNN Wire Staff

June 10, 2010 5:52 p.m. EDTJune 10, 2010 5:52 p.m. EDT

Video of Mexico border shooting

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• NEW: The Mexican teen killed in Border Patrol incident had been detained before, agency says
• Cell phone video sheds light on shooting death of Mexican teen by U.S. Border patrol agent
• Video doesn't show agent surrounded by rock-throwing people as he shoots
• The Mexican government calls use of gun against rock throwers "disproportionate"

(CNN) -- The 15-year-old Mexican youth who was shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent had a history of involvement with human smuggling and was on a list of repeat juvenile offenders, U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman Mark Qualia told CNN Thursday.

The victim, Sergio Adrian Hernandez Guereca, had been apprehended by U.S. officials on more than one occassion but was never criminally charged, Qualia said.

The use of juveniles to smuggle people across the border is a common tactic for smugglers, he said.

Meanwhile, a video obtained by CNN casts doubt on the Border Patrol agent's claim that he was surrounded by rock-throwing suspected illegal immigrants when he fatally shot the boy on the border at Ciudad Juarez.

Cell phone video shows border shooting scene - CNN.com