SAN XAVIER, TOHONO O’ODHAM NATION – While describing the Border Patrol as a “death squad”, indigenous at the Border Summit of the Americas were told how Border Patrol agents ran over and killed Tohono O’odham teenager Bennett Patricio, Jr.“The Border Patrol is a death squad. They are operating like they do in Central and South America, because no one can hold them accountable”, said Jimbo Simmons, member of the International Indian Treaty Council, during the Summit Aug. 29 – Oct. 1.
The Border Summit opposed the border wall and Secure Fence Act passed by the Senate and urged Indian Nations to unite and defend their ancestral lands from the planned desecration.
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The Border Summit opposed the border wall and Secure Fence Act passed by the Senate and urged Indian Nations to unite and defend their ancestral lands from the planned desecration.
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