U.S. Supreme Court arguments Tuesday over the cross-border shooting of a Mexican teenager by a federal border officer moved deeper into uncharted legal territory when Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. raised the specter of drone shootings.
The case in front of the justices—Hernandez v. Mesa—explores the scope of constitutional protections at the U.S border. A border patrol officer was on the U.S. side of a concrete culvert that separates El Paso, Texas, from Juarez, Mexico, when he shot and killed 15-year-old Sergio Hernandez, who was hiding behind a pillar on the Mexico side. A federal appeals court ruled for the government.
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