Justice for 20 year old Claudia Patricia Gomez Gonzalez killed by broader patrol


Justice for 20 year old Claudia Patricia Gomez Gonzalez killed by broader patrol
The Issue
Claudia Patricia Gomez Gonzalez was an honors student who couldn't find a job in Guatemala and was hoping to find a job in the US and become an accountant. Just 15 days after leaving her home on the outskirts of Quetzaltenango, a city that sits near the foot of a volcano, she crossed the Rio Grande in the hopes of finding a better life in the US.
Shortly after noon on May 23, 2018, Gómez was walking one-third of a mile from the river with a group of migrants in Rio Bravo, a Texas border hamlet, when they encountered a Border Patrol agent who shot and killed her.
Gomez Gonzalez's shooting drew attention after a bystander posted video of the aftermath on Facebook Live, showing her lying on the ground, bleeding.
A year on, and her parents still have no idea who killed her, or why. “We’ve had no news from the American authorities, no visits, no phone calls. It’s a year since my daughter was killed and I want the same thing now as I did then: justice,” Mr Gómez,
please help us find justice and charge the boarder patrol who killed her.

The Issue
Claudia Patricia Gomez Gonzalez was an honors student who couldn't find a job in Guatemala and was hoping to find a job in the US and become an accountant. Just 15 days after leaving her home on the outskirts of Quetzaltenango, a city that sits near the foot of a volcano, she crossed the Rio Grande in the hopes of finding a better life in the US.
Shortly after noon on May 23, 2018, Gómez was walking one-third of a mile from the river with a group of migrants in Rio Bravo, a Texas border hamlet, when they encountered a Border Patrol agent who shot and killed her.
Gomez Gonzalez's shooting drew attention after a bystander posted video of the aftermath on Facebook Live, showing her lying on the ground, bleeding.
A year on, and her parents still have no idea who killed her, or why. “We’ve had no news from the American authorities, no visits, no phone calls. It’s a year since my daughter was killed and I want the same thing now as I did then: justice,” Mr Gómez,
please help us find justice and charge the boarder patrol who killed her.

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Petition created on June 15, 2020

