syri his ballot int presidential election. nato is calling a farce. the government says the votes is a solution to the crisis but there is no indication that the violence which is displaced millions will end. hello, from me, david foster, you are watching al jazeera. also coming up. >> pro russia separatist continue to attack a border guard face in eastern ukraine. >> president arrives in

poland, promising more support for nato over the crisis in ukraine. spaining calls the emergency cabinet meeting after the kings do six to advocate. >> it is expected that the current president bashir al-asaad will retain power, giving him another seven years in office. ink able to have a say. it is the first time in more than half a century that syrians have been offer add choice. >> two relatively unknown challenging, both approved by a parliament dominated by asaad supporters. an independent m.p. from aleppo, former communist party, supporting the

government. sess he also supports the fight against rebels. let's go live to a refugee camp in the valley in neighboring lebanon. we have seen the president casting his vote, what about those people there with you, some of whom have been in that camp for almost three years i would guess, do they feel like they are having any kind of say at all. you can see people have been living in literally subhuman conditions. they feel they have no

say whatsoever. on one hand, many of them had crossed the border into lebanon illegally, because her fleeing the war, and that was with the only way in. because of that they are not eligible to vote, on the other hand, the lebanese government has warned the refees that if they do cross the border today into syria, they will lose their status as displaced syrians. because that means they are safe. others are concerns if they don't show up. and some are afraid from the opposition and the rebel groups who support some of so fsc is growing very fast among these people, that they don't really have a say, they are being intimidated by both sides, and anyway, they feel even if they went and voted it would

make any difference. >> would bit oversimplified to say that a majority of the people would like to see the back of president al-asaad. well, they have mixed feelings and these are developing by the day. when we came here, the majority, had some hope that within a few months maybe in a year, president asaad would have been thrown away from power, or have stepped down. today if you speak to these people, they feel resigns that he is staying. that he has prevailed. now you have more doubts here. you can heard more doubts in the opposition leadership. there's been a lot of end fighting and mistreatment, even under the rebel control areas. so a lot of confusion among the people, and now you can see the urge of these people is to get their lives back, they want their security, they want to feed their

children, and send them to school, most of these kids have not been to school in more than two years. more with you later on, a member of an organization called the syrian social club. and can i ask you who you voted for. >> well, you and i are sitand democratic atmosphere, like here in britain, where we may be thinking about the quality of the elections, is transparent and so on, but i have to go with the syrian people inside syria, whose concern -- >> president asaad. >> why do you think he is the right man to get another seven years? >> well, again, the main determining factor is that the people inside syria, their top priorities aren't really fairness of elections but

actually security, so on and so forth. so they need someone to get the government coherent as coherent as possible, because they believe, a coherent government is their way forward. hundreds of thousands killed, millions lost their homes. >> how do we get to the bottom of it. that's the question on everyone's mind. we can think how to make an election process more fair, but it is the necessitating the eminent dangers that the people on the ground, millioning -- >> he is part of the problem, isn't he? >> is he? >> look at the situation in syria now, over which he has resided as president. >> well, is there an alternative, some would ask you, is there a better person to get this government active? >> perhaps they would have been, had they been

allowing to include opposition members. >> i wouldn't be so sure of opposition members. >> they are not allowed to take part? >> i wouldn't be so sure about their leadership. we saw in lebanon last week, that people were disenchanted with them, and a lot of those who live in the refugee camps in lebanon -- >> you put the question up, what would be better, but unfortunately, the two that are standing in the same election, i won't say against president asaad, are de facto supporters of what he has done, and the people who opposed what he has done aren't allowed to take part, so you ask the question who can be better, well, the fact there is no choice. >> that's why people are -- nose who chose to run or put forward their candidacy for the presidency, i respect them, because i tend to view as a syrian citizen, this thing on two longer term, we've opened this door, this is a very small step forward, but it is a necessary one, how is he going to, if he

gets back in, and we with know he is going to, how is he going to bring this to an spend. >> he would need -- not only the were to the wednesday, how is he going to secure rebuilding the country. you isn't do that without bringing the war to an end. >> securing local reconciliations and building trust with the people around him, and that has been taking place fur about a year now. ing the a long process. where the government is putting barracks not the international committee, because that seems to be going nowhere. >> appreciate your time. thank you very much. thank you. >> good to have you in the studio. >> spain's prime minister is calling an emergency cabinet meeting to discuss' the country. this was a day the

announce that he wants to abdo kate. the government will draw up a law for him to become king. the king says his son represents stability for the country, thousands of people took to the streets calling for a referendum, on whether or not spain should become a republic. >> joining us live from the palace outside madrid, let's get on to the republican tendsies in just a moment, tell us about the process, cabinet meeting the institution has to be changed, when will filepe probably become king? >> this is almost shakespeare in it's style of drama's being played out here. david. we had just a couple of hours ago, the fission tyne of the kin in public, since he abdue kateed and he was looking very frail. he was helped along by his son, as though

walking along to the military ceremony which happened just outside the palace here, behind me. and really, this is an indication of one of the reasons why he abduke kateed but the focus is on his son, and whether he will be able to prove to the people that he has what it takes to take over in this very important role. now the process being played out, is that the draft law was approved. we are expecting in the next two weeks the secession will take place. and the prince will become the next king of spain. >> these demonstrators, how serious i do they represent the population.

that's the big question, it was pretty big, tens of thousands of people on monday. we haven't seen those kinds of numbers today so far. but as you say, there is a small movement. a movement calling for a referendum, people wanting to have the choice to choose whether they want him on a key or not. and there is a growing radical leftist if you call it movement here in spain, which did pretty well in the european elections. those are the type of people you saw out in the square, students as well, remember, that this is a country still in economic crisis, one in four people here are unemployed, can't find work, many people are leaving the country, because they can't find work, so they see the monarchky is out of step, out of tune, with the realities of life here in

spain, and the corruption scandals and the luxurist satisfy farry, to africa, that didn't help. and yes the crown prince may be untarnished for now but he still has a lot to prove. >> israel's prime minister says he is troubled with the wrights decision to maintain with government. since hamas was ousted seven years ago, the united states says it will work with the unified cabinet. ededed from members of the outgoing government, who are part of the new one, let's talk to the chief spokesperson for israel's prime minister, the wrights decision to support this new cabinet took you by surprise,

didn't it? >> well, as the prime minister just said a moment ago, we are deeply troubled by that decision. i mean ultimately it is not israel alone that has a problem with hamas. the state department, has officially classified hamas a terrorist organization, so has canada, so has britain and the european union, so has japan and australia, and the list goes on and on. hamas is a terrorist organization, and it can't be treated as just another political movement. >> isn't this the u.s. that you are responsing for the breaking down of the peace talks whatever state they were at? >> that's definitely not true. israel wanted the peace talks to continue. we are willing to go the extra mile, deal with the core issues it is the palestinians that said no to all of that.

by turning their back, hamas says israel should be obliterated. hamas says every jewish person is the target of an attack. >> and the united states knows your feelings on this matter, it too granted hamas a terrorist organization, why would it now want to deal with with them when you don't? >> once again, i can't speak for the u.s. government, i speak for the israeli government. >> what are your thoughts? you would have to ask them. hamas is classified tads a terrorist group. hamas has killed countless innocent people. they have killed not just israelis they have killed other people too. if anyone reads their charter they will be surprised by the level of

hatred and extremism, in that charter, you can see openly anti-semimettic statements and so forth. hamas has to be the called what it is. it is a ruthless brutal terrorist organization. >> never the less, it does leave you, israel, even more isolated. i don't think so. if you look at what is going on today, there's a growing concern about jihaddic terrorism. as you know people are very concerned about what happened in belgium earlier this week. and i think there's an understanding that we have to fight against these sort of religious extremists, these terrorists, and not acquiesce with them. >> the united states has been your best friend, since the formation of the state of dream, when your best friend says we are doing business with a

group that you won't do business with, you realize you are running out of friends, don't you? >> first of all, even the best of friends don't have to agree on every issue, even inside families i don't agree with my wife on every issue. but we firmly belief our decision is the right position on this issue. one has to let ha mass speak for itself. this is a ruthless organization, that just yesterday, one of their leading spokesperson endorsed terrorism. the palestinian authority says under this new government they will abide by all signed agreements. >> talking on behalf of the israeli prime minister, out of jerusalem, thank you. coming up here on this al jazeera bulletin, we have a virus that has killed millions of pigs in the united states, and sent pork prices into a tail spin.

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criticized as a farce by nato's secretary general. israel's prime minister says he is deeply

troubled by the united states decision to maintain relations with a new palestinian unity government. s in a day after that unity government was sworn in, the first time, since ha mass ousted from gaza seven years ago. and spain's prime minister has called an emergency cabinet meeting to discuss the future of the monarchy. the u.s. president has said that his country will boost it's military presence in europe as tensions similarner the region over russia's action in ukraine. mr. obama said he would rotate more american troops through the region, and provide 1 billion u.s. dollars to support that effort. given the situation in ukraine right now, we have also increased our american presence, we have begun rotating additional ground troops and f 16 aircraft into

poland. and this is going to happen our forces train together, this is going to help our forces support nato air missions. it is also part of naito's stepped up presence across central and eastern europe. >> that statement from the u.s. president came as russia pro russia separatist continue to attack a border guard base. officials say that at least seven people died on the fighting on monday. it is thought the attack could have been a diversion to bring more people over the border into ukraine. ukraine. >> describes as extremism in his country. made the comments following clashing in the eastern city of benghazi on monday. at least 19 people were killed in battle between militia group and forces led by the general. held his first cabinet meeting even though his predecessor abdullah

appealmy is refusing to leave office. >> were committed to protect our people, or take responsibility of security, all over the country, and fight terror and extremists. extremism is not accepted from any party, will split in libya, and that could be difficult to fix later, we won't allow flynn to threaten neighboring countries. >> the reality remains there is still two prime ministers. the caretaker prime minister hasn't issued any statement in reaction to this move, we know that he hasn't handed over the government yet, and we also know this is a situation with that certainly is inflaming tensions. two penal will tell you they don't agree with what he did, just come

over and take over the prime minister's office, without any legal ruling and this is still set to happen on thursday, the supreme court here still set to rule on how we are going to move forward in terms of the prime ministers but certainly, a bold move so take office, and make a statement to the country says we will fight terrorism, and that mes going to work to unite this country in a troubled time. >> egypt may well have a new leader later on. the final figures of the presidential election are expected to be announced. unofficial results shows that the army chief had won more than 90% of the vote. although critics question the legitimacy. well, al jazeera continues to demand the release of it's journalists detained in egypt. have been in jail now for

157 days accused of aiding the band group the muslim brotherhood. al jazeera rebukes the charges. a third journalist has been held in a cairo prison now for nine months. he has also requested a medical report to document his poor health. the united states has led an international operation against a cyber crime group intent on stealing banking details. the russian man is being charged with hacking, fraud, and money laundering. to combat a bug known as game over zeus. worldwide up to 1 million computers have said to have been infected. >> game over zeus, is the most sophisticating and damaging butt bug we have ever encountered. the game over zeus software intercepted

passwords and other private information that can be used to conduct wire transfers, and that initiate add redirects wire transferred from victim's bank accounts to foreign bank accounts controlled by the criminals. >> edward snowden says he has applied for asylum in brazil. two former national security agency wanted by authorities, for leaking secret documents on the united states spying program. currently what is known as a guest of russia. he says he hasn't passed any intelligence on to moscow, and would like to settle in brazil. >> i would love to live in brazil, and you know if 1.2 million brazilians would like to invite me, i would definitely welcome their invitation, be happy to accept it. and in fact, i already sent a petition to the brazilian government, requesting asylum. so if they chose to offer it, i would definitely accept. >> china has launch add

security crack down, just a day before the 25th anniversary of the tiananmen square student protest. al jazeera adrian brown reports. >> 25 years ago, students in china were agitating for political change. and unprecedented display of defiance, against the country's communist rulers. but the pro democracy movement, survived just seven weeks before being suppressed by military force on june the 4th. now, a quarter of a century on, the events of that time, still remain a taboo subject for many of today's students. >> it is inconvenient for me to talk about this, he says. generally i am neutral says this man, i am not on the side of the government or the students. today's young people are in the throws of another revolution, one of rising expectations. juan chen was born a

month after the bloodshed. she has come to this careers fair, hoping to find a white collar job with a salary of at least $700 a month. i know very little about this part of history, one reason is i am not interested in politics the second reason is this event was not mentioned in the history books i read. >> she was born three months before the 1989 protests, today she managed a shop specializing in skateboarding clothing and accessories. she is aware of the events of 25 years ago, but says they have no relevance to her generation. 25 years ago, what the young people cared act was having enough food and keeping warm, whereas today we want to become stylish and show off our personality. >> today's students have lived through an era of rapid economic growth, they still have grievances but know they can't change the system.

>> young students remain away from politics for the safe of protecting their own interests and their own lives. and because they know the risks attached to getting involved in politics. china has ten times as many graduates as it did in '89, but a third of them are unemployed because the government is not producing enough white collar jobs. that could change, as that unemployment rate continues to rise. adrian brown, al jazeera, beijing. >> a deadly pig virus is shaking the united states. $97 billion pork industry, nobody knows how it got there, but the virus is spreading fast. john henry reports now in the state of iowa. >> here in the rolling landscape of america's pork belt, lurk as quiet killer. >> in desks craig rolls like most of his

neighbors watched thousands of young pig lets to poor sign epidemic diarrhea virus. economists say the disease has wiped out seven to 10% of the pigs in the united states. adult pigs tend to survive, but the death rate among pig lets is nearly 100%. >> i received a call from the manager, while i was driving there, that said hey, something is wrong. like being hit with a punch in the gut when you first realize what is going to happen. we had already known how devastating it was going to be, and it was just as devastating for us, even though we knew what was coming. >> the latest threat to the pork supply originated in the 1970's in britain, with the current sprain is believed to come from china. this year in the u.s., it has wiped out an estimated seven to 8 million pigs. the hardest hit are not farmer whose are earning more on their remaining pigs but consumers, pork prices have jumped from an average of $3.64 a pound last year, and could hit a record $3.90

this year. >> they have to learn about the virus, how to handle it,ed it is going to have a bigger impact on supplies. >> researchers say pork remains safe to eat, it ha no direct impact on humans to ensure the virus is gone. >> they have met like suits the plastic booties are meant to keep disease out. and now those measures are tighter than ever. >> it was economically devastating but it was emotionally, disturbing as well. we don't want to go to work thinking we have to euthanatize pig lets. >> in recent weeks farmers from seen the virus return, that's devastating but still he that will the second time around, suggesting the immunity pigs develop has

it's limits. that has many wondering when and if the latest deadly virus will end. john henry, al jazeera, iowa. ♪ >> jose antonio elena rodriguez was 16 when he was killed with a bullet through the head by the united states border patrol. nine more shots went into body, as he lay on the ground in his hometown, nogales mexico. the bullets fired from the top of this cliff in arizona traveled through an international boundary, and into a legal vacuum.

the agent has never been named. the eded has never been named. he did not have any type of weapon in his hand, any type of rock. any type of... nothing he had a cell phone in his pocket!! why did the border patrol shoot jose antonio elena rodriguez? and why are questions involving his death met with silence? tonight, fault lines examines the nations largest law enforcement agency and asks who is holding them accountable when they pull the trigger. >> people here call this ambos nogales, or both nogales. but a steel fence built in the name of national security divides this border town.

i've come to meet jose's family they live just blocks from where jose was killed. >> his brother diego worked at a shop in the center of town. jose would often meet him to help mop the floor before closing. that night, he never made it.

jose antonio was shot to death, right on this street corner. the walls on this doctors office are still riddled with bullet holes. now, the border patrol's explanation for what happened hinges on the fact they say their agents were threatened by somebody throwing rocks on this side of the fence. but standing here, the first thing you ask yourself is: could a 16 year old boy really threaten somebody standing on top of what's at least a 20 foot cliff, and on the other side of that fence? whatever took place here that night, there's video cameras right there which recorded everything that happened. but the border patrol and federal investigators have refused to share that surveillance video, so we're left to piece together the clues. on the night jose died, the nogales, arizona police report describes border agents pursuing two different young men as they climbed the fence back into mexico. at the same time, on the sonoran

street below the fence, isidro alvarado happened to be walking home from work. >> so where were the agents, when you saw them firing? >> so it would seem the agents meant to fire at the fleeing men a questionable use of force to begin with. but isidro says jose was just walking down the street as the boys ran away.

>> attorney roberto montiel took us to the spot the agents fired from on the us side. >> there's no way that the officer that was on top this hill was in any kind of danger first of all, i don't think you can hurl a rock, from where jose antonio was, over an 18 foot fence, which is pure steel. >> if this was 15 shots, fired into and at a young man who was just walking down the street, how do you describe that? what is it that took place here? >> at best, it's negligent homicide, at worst, it could be murder.

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>> jose's death is part of what appears to be a disturbing new trend: us border patrol agents shooting across the line to kill mexican citizens in their own country. zelma berenice barron torres' son ramses was also killed by an agent in nogales in 2011.

>> the us government closed the investigation. zelma says she was never contacted. in 2012 guillermo arravalo pedroza, was picnicking on the banks of the rio grande when he was killed by agents. he died in his nine year old daughters arms. juan pablo parez satillan was shot near matamoros just two months earlier. in 2011, in tijuana, a witness says jose alfredo yanez reyes was killed for using his cell phone to record an agent beating a migrant. and sergio hernandez guerica was shot between the eyes under a bridge in juarez. in each case, the border patrol justified the killings saying they were threatened by rock-throwers. but getting them to speak on

the record about anything at all proved difficult. >> hi bill, this is wab knew calling from al jazeera english. we're down in nogales az right nowso i'm just calling to see if we would be able to arrange an interview and a ride along with an agent out here. >> well, we've sent emails, about, starting about six weeks ago. >> and why is that? >> yeah. >> yeah, it just seems a little opaque like i'm just trying to understand why the request was declined. >> what's happened is that with the border patrol being one of the largest law enforcement agencies in the country, they work with a population that doesn't work back with them. they're not like a

police force that's in the same community that has to deal with residents that are upset that can vote that can sort of mobilize against them. it's a population that almost everyone is going to be kicked out, going to wind up in mexico, and because of that there hasn't been any ways in which they have to modify their activities, so there's almost no oversight, which is compounded by this idea that this is part of national security. when someone looks at a case like jose antonio elena your like this does not have anything to do with national security! right? this doesn't! >> in the twilight hours, when most of the country is sleeping, we're out there. >> after 911 the border patrol rewrote it's mission. >> "it is the job of the border patrol to prevent terrorists from entering the united states" >> there was a huge push to hire agents and build up the force on the border. so the government produced these flashy promo videos, spent millions of dollars sponsoring a race car and recruited heavily at professional bull-riding

events in an effort to fill the hiring quotas. to speed the build up, job requirements were lowered: no need to graduate high school, or even get a ged. and customary lie detector tests and screenings were deferred or ignored. even defenders of the border patrol admit this was problematic. >> it was so fast, that they were hiring people and they weren't able to complete the background investigations before these people started working on the job. that was crazy. mandatory training was reduced from 5 months to 58 days, especially impacting spanish instruction. the agency is now twice the size it was in 2004. >> we protect america are you up to the challenge? >> art del cueto is a border patrol agent and president of the tucson chapter of the largest border patrol union in the country.

though his agency won't meet with us, he's agreed to talk to us off duty. >> we're the first line of defense for the country. if i wasn't an agent, and i did not work for the united states border patrol, i would want somebody out here that had a little bit of a rah-rah attitude, where he really truly took his job serious and wantedto defend the country. that's my view on it. >> so there's been a few officer-involved shootings at the border that have gotten a lot of attention lately 16 year old guy from the mexican side jose antonio and he was shot by a border patrol agent from the us side does that trouble you? >> well, we have several shootings, i can't freely speak about that one, because they're still looking into it. but what people don't understand when they say rocks the agents were rocked. i don't know what people's concept of a rock is, but it's huge rocks. it's not these little rocks. it's huge rocks. in, in areas that are populated, like closer to nogales, at times what they throw is it's chunks

of cement! that are broken off the sidewalk. it's a dangerous job. >> there've been 16 deaths of border patrol agents in the last 5 years. thirteen of those were accidents. two agents struck by a freight train, one died when his vehicle hit a bull. another was killed by friendly fire. in five years, three were killed through assault. >> there was a systematic study done a couple of years ago that border patrol has lower incidence of violence used against themthan municipal police departments. >> statistically, the more than 20,000 agents who patrol the country's border have one of the safest law enforcement jobs in the country. in fact, one of the larger problems, is boredom. >> it doesn't mean that it's never dangerous. there are bandits out there, there are drug organizations what they're not really getting

is preparation for the boring non-risky reality of almost all their career. >> this can lead to lethal over-reactions, says heyman, who's been studying the use of force within the border patrol for much of his career. > you build up this urge to do something. this desire to be effective, a can do type of officer instead of having learned routines for how to handle the situation without risk to others. instead you have this kind of instinctive excitement. >> he says they aren't trained to de-escalate, or pull back out of risky situations. for those living along the border, this can mean the difference between life and death. in 2010 agent jesus mesa shot sergio adrian hernandez guarico under this bridge on the edge of juarez mexico.

the us mexico border runs through the middle of the canal. >> sergio and some of his friends who live on the mexican side of the border often were in that dry ravine, and they were there on that summer evening as well. >> a witness filmed what took place with a cell phone. bobbie mcdow was on the bridge that day too, and later provided this sworn statement to attorney bob hilliard. >> a border patrol agent grabbed a hold of the one basically came into his arms. and he had his weapon in his right arm, and the young man in his left hand. i was very very worried i didn't feel there was any reason for him to have pulled his gun. >> he started firing his weapon, into mexico. [gun shots] >> the border patrol guy aims, and you hear two shots..and one

hits sergio right between the eyes. >> after the shooting stopped, i'm looking around and i see that there's someone on the ground underneath the black bridge. and i remember saying to my husband, "is that a body?" and he says, "yes". >> so there's no indication that there was something to justify lethal force? >> there's a fabricated fbi report that came out the very next day before they realized there was a video, that claimed the border patrol agent was surrounded and being pelted by rocks and in fear for his life. >> hilliard read this fbi statement to bobbie during her sworn testimony. this was her response: >> that was not true. there was no one surrounding him throwing rocks. >> what happened next points to a problem unique to killings that cross international lines.

sergio's family tried to sue the agent who shot their son. but the federal judge in el paso dismissed the case. though the bullet traveled from the us, it landed in mexico. the united states constitution and any accountability did not travel with it. >> you have a child whose family cannot seek redress within the civil justice system for that conduct and it occurred only because of the vacuum which is our border. it's like walking out into the wild wild west and you're standing there at high noon and whatever you do is not reviewed anymore. real reporting that brings you the world. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america.

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>>cross-border killings by border patrol agents and complaints over a culture of abuse within the agency have spurred on-going protests along the border. we're following protestors as they march to the site where 16 year old jose antonio was killed in nogales. but as in other cross-border killings, the agent may never be tried since jose died on the other side of the international line. no one from the office of inspector general, fbi or attorney generals office will tell us if the agent is still on patrol. and even getting answers about when and how agents are trained to pull the trigger is difficult. unlike most law enforcement agencies, the border patrol's use of force guidelines are not made public.

copies obtained through freedom of information act requests are heavily redacted. but attorney jim calle who's represents agents accused of misconduct, including cross-border shootings says there's nothing to hide. >> in the vast majority of the cases it is very clear cut in the sense of there is a deadly force threat made against an agent and the agent has to resort to the use of deadly force in response. border patrol agents are subject to at least 5 levels of scrutiny every time they pull the trigger. their conduct is so scrubbed by the time two years and three years past which is sometimes the length of time it takes for these investigations to wrap up. because it takes so long, people think the process is corrupt. they think that agents don't have no accountability for their use of deadly force. people start to speculate look, border patrol, they can pull a gun and shoot and kill people and it doesn't matter.

>> but former border patrol agent ephraim cruz says a lack of accountability is actually the crux of the problem. he was an agent for almost 10 years in the tucson sector. disturbed by what he described as a pattern of cruelty among his colleagues withholding food from migrants in custody, needless crowding, name-calling he started reporting abuses to his superiors. he says he was met with silence, framed, and eventually forced to resign. >> no one from the u.s. border patrol, office of inspector general, u.s. attorney's office, customs and border protection, dhs, congress has reached out to me. this a senior border patrol agent, one of their guys, reporting observed abuses of detained migrants. what do you think they're going to do when it's an outsider?

>> do you feel as though allowing those less serious forms of abuses paves the way for the more lethal officer involved cases. >> when they see there is no consequence for misdeeds, they think, "if i get myself into a situation out in the field i can do whatever the hell i want.". and what you see is the delay tactic answers such as "the investigations are on-going" and "pending." and what eventually happens is, you find yourself mired in the investigation is forever going. >> and you believe that that's a deliberate tactic? >> purposeful. absolutely. >> here in nogales, the san juan bosco center is a short-term

refuge for recent deportees who arrive by the dozens every day. their stories of trying to reunite with family, or find work are vivid reminders of why so many risk their lives at the border. >> here at san bosco, hannah hafter helps deportees like santo salinas who have been separated from loved ones or who have health issues. she sees the rise in cross-border shootings as a symptom of larger issues within the border patrol. >> the kinds of situations that we see in border patrol are beyond what people could invent. it's everything from literally being like punched and kicked, to being forced to hold uncomfortable positions for no reason for hours at a time, to being pushed into a cactus or pushed down a hill. >> and she says the problem goes all the way to the top. >> we submit complaint after

complaint after complaint to the department of homeland security, and we get form letters saying that they've been received, and there's really no outcome to exposing the abuses within the system. >> we're heading to the customs and border patro headquarters in washington dc right now. we've trying for months and months to get an interview with anybody from the organization and we've been unsuccessful. so we're going to try our luck at the door. we've spotted one of the men we've been trying to reach first in command thomas winkowski. >> hey mr. winkowski? what we're looking at is a case of officer involved shootings at the mexican line, and... >> okay. >> and we'd like to know why is it that rock-throwing justifies... >> give me your card and i'll.. >> why is it that rock-throwing justifies lethal force? >> give me your card and i'll do it. i'll have my public affairs.. >> literally for six months we've been asking michael and

jenny both to speak to us. >> okay. >> and they haven't gotten back to us. >> okay. >> and we're on a deadline, today, which is why we're up here, and we're actually trying to get an answer from you today. >> he said he would pass it on to you guys and that we could get an interview... >> the answer is no we can't do this. we want to help you as best we can, but we can't do the interview. >> the public affairs officers promised to answer written questions instead, but by the time we went to air, had failed to respond. >> people are investigating a lot right now whether or not jose antonio was involved in drug trafficking or crossing the border or throwing rocks. but the big question is really whether or not it should be ok to kill someone for trafficking drugs, whether or not it should be ok to kill someone for throwing a rock. and i think most people would say that no, that's not ok.

if you can't have that type of discussions because everything is behind this wall, this idea that this is about national security and stopping terrorism then how are you supposed to really provide security that works for human beings? >> jose antonio's mother araceli catches a bus to work just a block from where he was killed under the shadow of the fence, a constant reminder that her son's killer has not been brought to justice.

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