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New police beating video prompts questions in border patrol killing

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A new video, along with an eyewitness account, has emerged that appears to show the beating and repeated tasering of  Anastacio Hernandez Rojas, an illegal immigrant by a group of border patrol agents just hours before the immigrant's death, according to a report aired on PBS.

The PBS "Need to Know" report, which was the result of a joint project with the Investigative Fund of the Nation Institute and has been reviewed by ABC News, features what PBS calls new video of the May 2010 beating of Anastacio Hernandez Rojas. According to border patrol agents involved in the incident, Rojas was being transferred back to Mexico when the Customs and Border Protection said he became "combative" and officers had to use a taser to "subdue the individual and maintain officer safety."

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