US Border Patrol Sued for Cross-Border Shooting of a Picnicker in Mexico Noel Brinkerhoff - AllGov.com
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Nora Isabel Lam Gallegos cries in Nuevo Laredo, Tamalipas, Mexico, at the scene where her husband Guillermo Arevalo Pedroza was allegedly shot and killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent Monday Sept. 3, 2012 on the Rio Grande.

A woman from Mexico is suing the U.S. government after Border Patrol agents shot and killed her husband during a family picnic on the south side of the international boundary.

Guillermo Arévalo Pedraza, 37, was fatally wounded on September 3, 2012, according to his widow, Nora Isabel Lam Gallegos, who has filed a lawsuit against six Border Patrol agents, former Homeland Secretary Janet Napolitano, and other government officials.

Lam claims Border Patrol agents opened fire from an airboat on the Rio Grande, which serves as a border between the two countries. The gunfire struck Arévalo, who was picnicking with his wife and two daughters for a birthday celebration at a Mexican park along the river.

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This video surfaced depicting the moments after the victim was shot on Monday Sept. 3, 2012 on the Rio Grande. (Rubios Noticias)

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