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Investigation unveils brutal beating of immigrant involving U.S. agents

By UNIVISION NEWS

Eight people have been killed in brutal interactions with U.S. agents along the border in the past two years, according to a new PBS segment set to air Friday.

The segment looks into the use of excessive force by border patrol, particularly in the death of Anastasio Hernández-Rojas, an undocumented immigrant who was apprehended while trying to cross the border near San Diego, Calif., in 2010.

Hernández-Rojas died after he was tased by agents who claimed he became “combative”, but new eye-witness videos uncovered  by PBS tell a different story. The videos show Hernández laying passively on the ground, screaming for help while surrounded by over a dozen agents.

A petition by Presente.org, a Latino advocacy group based in Washington, D.C., is asking the Justice Department to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death Hernandez-Rojas. So far, more than 16,500 individuals have signed.

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Tijuana greyhounds find new lives north of the border

By ERIN SIEGAL AND EROS HOAGLAND

Tijuana’s Caliente racetrack is home to nearly seven hundred galgos, or greyhounds, who are part of the shrinking American greyhound racing circuit. Most Caliente dogs race a few times per week, though races are held almost daily. The track is informally known in the dog racing world as a “last stop” track, where older and slower dogs are sent for their final hurrahs. But what happens to Tijuana’s racing dogs after the track, when they reach the mandatory retirement age of five or get injured?

Many former race dogs, thanks to an American organization called Fast Friends, go on to new careers as pampered couch potatoes. Tom and Joyce McRorie, of La Habra, California, founded the nonprofit over 20 years ago. With the help of a large and dedicated volunteer base, their organization is responsible for transporting, rehabilitating, and re-homing more than 3,100 retired greyhounds from Tijuana. Over the years, the McRories have worked hard to grow a trusting relationship with Caliente, and today, they even rent two dog pens at the track, where “broken” (broken leg, a common injury) and retired greyhounds stay until one of the Fast Friends cross-border dog pick-up trips. Their goal? To try to save every single retiree, broken or not.

April is National Greyhound Adoption month, and we recently tagged along as the McRorie’s traveled to Tijuana and back for one of their largest “Retirement Days” yet.

So I went up to the giant Jesus statue at Kilometer 38 along the coastal highway, south of Rosarito, to see him up close. The toes of one foot peeks out the bottom of his robes.