Justice For Claudia Patricia Gomez Gonzalez

One year ago, #ClaudiaPatriciaGomezGonzalez a 19 year old indigenous woman from Guatemala was shot in the head by a border patrol agent in Rio Bravo, Texas after she crossed the border with a group of people. She left her hometown of San Juan Ostuncalco and travelled 1500 miles to the US in hopes of finding work and reunite with her boyfriend who made it to Virgina a year earlier. CBP claimed the agent attempted to apprehend a group of migrants but came under attack with the use of “blunt objects” but they later changed their story using terms like “allegedly assaulted” and “rushed” the agent without the mention of any blunt objects. The initial statement described her as “one of the assailants” and then was changed as just a member of the group. A resident who lives next door to the location of the shooting filmed the aftermath on Facebook live. She claimed she never heard any verbal commands from the agent before she heard the fatal gun shot. In the video she is seen yelling at the agent asking why he shot the woman who was hiding behind bushes near her fence. Claudia Patricia Gomez Gonzalez came to this country to find economic refuge. This is not what should happen to a young woman who was in pursuit of her dreams and aspirations. The agent should be criminally charged and convicted for this crime. End impunity within CBP! #justiceforourlives