Jesus Castro Romo, 39, claims a Border Patrol agent beat him, hurled insults at him and then shot him in the side before riding away. Castro Romo says he waited in the desert for an hour and a half, bleeding through his clothes, thinking about his children and preparing himself for death. An emergency crew returned and airlifted him to University Medical Center in Tucson. In January 2012, Castro Romo sued the U.S. government in January.

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Above: Jesus Castro Romo, 39, claims a Border Patrol agent beat him, hurled insults at him and then shot him in the side before riding away. Castro Romo says he waited in the desert for an hour and a half, bleeding through his clothes, thinking about his children and preparing himself for death. An emergency crew returned and airlifted him to University Medical Center in Tucson. In January 2012, Castro Romo sued the U.S. government in January.

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