Los Angeles Musician Tasered Into Coma by Arizona Border Patrol

 
America’s Voice reports on the sad story of an immigrant father tasered into a coma by the Border Patrol.  Three weeks ago, Jose Gutierrez lived in Los Angeles with his wife and two children, had a solid job as a film engineer, and was the frontman for popular Spanish rock band, FZ10. Things changed when he was deported on March 21 for being an undocumented immigrant, even though Gutierrez has lived here since childhood, supports his U.S. citizen family, and has no relations in Mexico.  Gutierrez was tasered as he was trying to rejoin his family.

Before this whole ordeal, Gutierrez wrote a song called “ICE” for his L.A. band, in which he criticizes the criminalization of immigration in America.

Initially, “[t]hough Gutierrez remains in a persistent vegetative state, two Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers guard his hospital room 24 hours a day, ready to re-deport him if and when he recovers.”  ICE later decided not to seek to remove Gutierrez while he was receiving medical care.

KJ