Video Reportedly Shows Deadly Border Taser Incident

In the raw video taken by a young man on his cellphone, Anastasio Hernandez Rojas can be heard yelling for help as U.S. Border Patrol agents attempt to subdue him.

The incident began last month when Hernandez-Rojas was arrested with several other men on Otay Mountain and brought them to the San Ysidro station for processing.

Hernandez-Rojas signed papers agreeing to be returned to Mexico.

At the gate leading to Mexico, agents removed the man's handcuffs and he became violent, San Diego police Capt. Jim Collins said.





"The agents and the subject all fell to the ground during the fight, and the agents radioed for assistance," Collins said.

Customs and Border Protection agents joined the struggle, and a CBP agent fired a Taser at Hernandez-Rojas, he said.

Hernandez-Rojas stopped breathing, police said.

Agents began cardiopulmonary resuscitation and called paramedics.

Hernandez, who had methamphetamine in his system, died of a heart attack, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner's office.