Now at the Tohono O'odham Nation Police Department: Justice for Raymond Mattia
By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, December 15, 2023
SELLS, Arizona -- Protesting for justice, family and friends of Raymond Mattia, Tohono O'odham, are at the Tohono O'odham Nation police department. Raymond was murdered in a hail of gunfire by Tohono O'odham Nation Police and U.S. Border Patrol agents in front of his home in Ali Jegk, on the Tohono O'odham Nation.
"Good support, honking horns and many people slowing down to give support," said Ofelia Rivas, Tohono O'odham.
The Arizona Attorney has refused to press charges against the officers and details of who fired the shots that killed Raymond have not been made public.
Raymond told Censored News, during a series of interviews on the border, that he had videotaped U.S. Border Patrol agents running drugs and escorting the cartels through his community. After he submitted the evidence, the video disappeared.
The Killing of Raymond Mattia by Border Patrol Protested in Sells, Arizona
José Ignacio Castañeda Perez
Arizona Republic
SELLS, ARIZONA — The family of Raymond Mattia gathered in Sells on Friday to demand accountability from the Tohono O’odham Nation Police Department after Mattia was shot and killed by Border Patrol agents in May.
Mattia’s family and a handful of attendees held a peaceful protest outside of the Tohono O’odham Nation Police Department nearly seven months after Mattia was killed steps away from his front door. Attendees shouted, “Justice for Ray,” every time a police truck drove in front of the crowd and turned into or out of the station.
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Federal prosecutors announced that they weren’t going to file charges against the agents who killed Mattia in October. U.S. Department of Justice employees met with the family in Sells to discuss their decision but refused to provide substantive details about what happened that night. Read article:
