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Rediscovering: Killed Through The Border Fence

Latino USA

My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.93.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Latino USA is proud to present an episode from The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com Rediscovering: Killed Through The Border Fence podcast.

Nearly a decade ago, a Border Patrol agent in the United States shot and killed 16-year-old José Antonio Elena Rodríguez in Mexico. Rediscovering: Killed Through The Border Fence tells the story of José Antonio and his family's search for something still elusive at the border: justice. In the first episode of this new podcast by The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com, a look at the tragic events on the night of Oct. 10, 2012, and how José Antonio’s family mobilized to press the U.S. government to take action as they seek for answers.

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0:00.0

Funtura.

0:01.0

Hola, Latino USA listener.

0:10.6

It's Maria Inohosa.

0:12.9

So we've been listening to a new podcast series from Arizona Republic and AZCentral.com.

0:19.9

And well, we think you're going to find it interesting.

0:22.8

So it investigates the murder of Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez, a 16-year-old Mexican boy

0:29.4

who was shot by a Border Patrol agent in 2012 at the International Border between Amboz

0:36.4

Nogales, right through the fence that separates Arizona and Sonora.

0:43.0

He was on the Mexican side where he lived.

0:46.9

The podcast follows Jose Antonio's family in their long fight to get justice and how hard

0:52.8

it is to get Border Patrol agents to face trial when they use excessive force.

0:59.0

Here's episode one of rediscovering, killed through the Border Fence.

1:13.1

The streets are mostly desolate.

1:15.6

Few lights illuminate the sidewalks.

1:19.0

Cars periodically zoom past on Calle International.

1:22.6

A street that runs parallel to the International Boundary Fence in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico.

1:28.2

The street is just south of the border from its twin city of Nogales, Arizona.

1:33.9

Like both of these cities are very hilly and they're built into canyons.

1:38.2

And so in this particular point, this is one of the areas where the Border Fence is towering

1:44.9

above the Mexican side of the of Nogales.

1:49.8

Standing on the sidewalk on the Mexican side, the 22-foot rust-colored fence looms above

1:55.3

the street.

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