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Video shows U.S. border officers telling Mexican teen to drink the liquid meth that killed him
The 16-year-old had just crossed the U.S.-Mexico border to San Diego and was going through the San Ysidro Port of Entry. He was carrying two bottles of liquid that he claimed was apple juice. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers told him to drink it to prove he wasnt lying, court records say.
A surveillance video published by ABC Friday, about 3 1/2 years after Acevedos death, shows the teen taking a sip of the liquid after one of the two officers, Valerie Baird, motioned for him to drink. He took another sip after the other officer, Adrian Perallon, made a gesture with his hand, appearing to tell him to drink more.
The United States has since agreed to pay Acevedos family $1 million in a wrongful-death lawsuit brought against two border officers and the U.S. government.