Scandals Regarding The Unit
On 20 May 1997, during an operation in Redford, Texas near the United States–Mexico border, Corporal Clemente M. Banuelos, the leader of his squad, fatally shot 18 year old American citizen Esequiel Hernández Jr in the back on the American side of the border, as he was herding goats adjacent to his home. No charges were brought at the time or subsequently. The shooting inspired the 2005 movie The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada by Tommy Lee Jones. The 2007 documentary The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez explores the killing, analysing both sides of the issue by interviewing the Hernandez family and friends, the Marines involved and local officials.
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