Arizona: Boy Killed by Border Agent Was Shot 8 Times

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An autopsy report indicates a teenage Mexican boy who was apparently fatally shot by a United States Border Patrol agent in October was struck by at least eight bullets, all but one hitting him in the back. The report from medical examiners in Mexico describes several other wounds, but it is unclear if they account for additional bullets. Luis Parra, a lawyer for the family of the boy, José Antonio Elena Rodríguez, says he believes that the agent used excessive force. Border Patrol officials declined to comment on the autopsy report Thursday. The Border Patrol says agents responded on Oct. 10 to reports of drug smugglers at the fence along the border with Mexico in Nogales, Ariz. The agency says one agent opened fire through the fence as United States authorities were pelted with rocks.