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Cover-Up? New HBO Film Examines 2010 Immigrant Death Under Trump's Current Border Commissioner

2025-12-29 News & Politics
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Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt An HBO documentary, Critical Incident: Death at the Border, premieres tonight that examines the alleged cover-up of the murder of Anastasio Hernández Rojas, an undocumented Mexican immigrant who died while in U.S. custody at the border. His 2010 death occurred under the watch of Rodney Scott, the man who now heads Customs and Border Protection under President Trump. At the time, Scott was deputy chief of the San Diego sector of the Border Patrol. "Anastasio was tortured and beaten to death in public," says director Rick Rowley. "It was a killing and a cover-up that went absolutely to the top of the organization and implicated the entire chain of command." Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe

Top Comments (10)

@annel1347 2025-12-29

This breaks my heart for his family, how would any of them feel if this was their father/husband being killed by border patrol.

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@Redoctobermach1 2025-12-30

He needs to be prosecuted and charged with murder!

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@emiliobello2538 2025-12-29

You should have also talked about the new Netflix documentary Cover Up

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@Marinemomof3Oceanside 2025-12-29

THIS is happening under YOUR WATCH AMERICA!!! I hope you know, WHEN they come after YOU, NO ONE will be there to help YOU!!!!

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@user_user1337 2025-12-29

of course, hundreds of such incidents.

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@aligomez7992 2025-12-30

Thank you for opening up about this situation. Hopefully, people will open their eyes to what is really happening.

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@Steve1-y8s 2025-12-29

The rule of law is in the dumpster and the U.S. government is complicit in murder.

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@erniebrito1531 2025-12-30

This reminds me of that show on Netflix 61 Street full of curupt cops, border patrol and Trump administration. Hope they all go to jail

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@CTA2055 2025-12-29

Wow! Very disturbing!

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@srishekinah3366 2025-12-30

Sounds like a great documentary to watch

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