Mexico Laments US Decision Not to Prosecute Police Who Killed Homeless Migrant Agence France-Presse
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Video del Asesinato de Antonio Zambrano Montes en USA (Periodico Madera Video Denuncia)

Mexico criticized Saturday a US decision not to prosecute police officers who fatally shot a Mexican man — apparently unarmed — in 2015 in Washington state.

Mexico's Foreign Ministry expressed disappointment in the Justice Department's decision not to bring criminal charges against the officers responsible for the death of Antonio Zambrano Montes on Feb 10, 2015.

A bystander captured the moment on video. It showed 35-year-old Zambrano Montes running from three officers in the city of Pasco before throwing his hands up, being hit by bullets, and falling to the ground.

The video's release prompted major demonstrations and drew international attention.

The US attorney's office of the Eastern District of Washington said in a statement that "there is no reliable testimonial or physical evidence that refutes the accounts provided by the officers that they believed the force they used was necessary to protect themselves and to stop a perceived threat."

Zambrano Montes had allegedly been throwing rocks at cars and police officers.

The Mexican Foreign Ministry said that because Zambrano Montes was a homeless man from the western Mexican state of Michoacan, there is no chance that a jury will hear the case.

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