| Medrano, husband Jose Arturo and their children were caught by the U.S. Border Patrol crossing into the U.S. in November 2006. They were fleeing their native El Salvador, where, they say, a criminal gang shot at their house while they were inside. The family believes that the attack was aimed at intimidating them into paying a local gang a "tax" on their 10 cattle. The family showed a video of local news coverage of Arturo's slaying to the media, an immigration judge and immigration officials in their campaign to convince authorities that El Salvador is unsafe for them. |
From fredrickson - 13 May 2008 @ 03:52 pm
