Family of U.S. Citizen Illegally Deported to Mexico Says Government Endangered His Life

Attorneys for the ACLU of Southern California and the law firm of Morrison & Foerster on Friday announced the filing of a lawsuit on behalf of Peter Guzman, a U.S. citizen who was illegally deported to Mexico. Guzman, who was born in Los Angeles as Pedro but is called Peter by his family, was deported May 11, 2007 from an L.A. County jail despite clear evidence that he was a U.S. citizen. He spent nearly three months lost in Mexico while family members desperately searched for him. They slept in a banana warehouse and started their days at 6 a.m., visiting hospitals, jails, shelters, and truck stops. His mother scanned online photos of the deceased from a Tijuana morgue.

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