Border Patrol has a ‘shadow police unit’ that protects agents when they kill, groups say

The San Diego Union Tribune

OCT. 28, 2021 12:01 AM PT

Border Patrol has special, secretive units that work to cover up any wrongdoing when agents kill someone or otherwise use force in potentially problematic ways, according to a letter sent to Congress Thursday calling for an investigation.

These “shadow police units,” the letter says, have been operating since at least 1987 and without any actual authority under federal law. They do not appear in Department of Homeland Security documents as official entities.

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