Deported veterans protest in Mexico on US Veterans Day

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Agence France-Presse

Deported veterans protest in Mexico on US Veterans Day
AFP•November 11, 2017



The Mexican veterans, despite their far-flung service, were deported for committing crimes
(AFP Photo/HERIKA MARTINEZ)

Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) (AFP) - A group of Mexicans who served with the US military in Vietnam and Iraq only to be deported held a Veterans Day protest on Saturday in the border city Ciudad Juarez.

A stone's throw from the bridge between Juarez and El Paso, Texas, the deportees demonstrated with the flags of their US military units.

"We served a country that has cheated us," said Jose Francisco Lopez Moreno, 64. Many Mexicans have served in the US military in exchange for expedited residency.

But these veterans were deported for committing crimes, despite risking their lives in far-flung combat.



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[iluvtennis]

1. I disagree with there deportation, this administration disgusts me

[whathehell]

2. That someone woud put his life in the line for this country and NOT be

considered worthy of citizenship DISGUSTS me to no end. This is so wrong!!.

[heaven05]

3. another

SHAMEFUL sign of our america in this age of trump and his deplorables. The amuriKKKan-in-chief is a POS.