Raul Castro, 96-year-old Former US Ambassador and Arizona Governor, Detained by Border Patrol

James Eng
MSNBC
July 5, 2012

A 96-year-old former Arizona governor and former U.S. diplomat says he holds no grudges against the U.S. Border Patrol agents who he says detained him at a checkpoint for more than a half-hour in stifling heat after his pacemaker apparently set off a radiation sensor.

Raul H. Castro says although he wasn’t mistreated, agents could have been more sensitive to his age and condition.

“I feel they’ve got a job to do and I don’t condemn them for doing a job,” he told msnbc.com on Thursday, “but once I was identified and I was 96 years of age and told them I had medical treatment the day before, I expected a little more.”

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This article was posted: Thursday, July 5, 2012 at 12:00 pm

Tags: domestic news

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