Abuse by Private Security Agents at US-Mexico Border Denounced La Prensa
go to original August 7, 2013

An agent shines a flashlight into a car at the San Ysidro Port of Entry on the U.S.-Mexico border, where private security personnel have been slammed for their abuse of authority. (EFE)

SAN DIEGO - Private security personnel hired to guard the San Ysidro Port of Entry on the U.S.-Mexico border have been slammed for their abuse of authority, activists in San Diego say.

Christian Ramirez, human rights director for Alliance San Diego, told Efe that he recently suffered mistreatment at the hands of a supervisor of Paragon Systems Inc., a subsidiary of Tri-S Security Corp., contracted by the General Services Administration to provide armed guards for federal buildings in Los Angeles and San Diego, including the San Ysidro Port of Entry.

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