U.S.
Mexican teenager dies after drinking liquid meth in front of smiling US border officers
A 16-year-old died after he took several sips of liquid meth in front of smiling and laughing border patrol officers to prove it was “apple juice”.
Mexican high school student Cruz Velazquez was shown on CCTV footage taking the drink after he was stopped from entering the US at a border crossing.
He died within two hours of what experts called a “massive overdose”.
The officers were not reprimanded or prosecuted and are still employed today.
The footage, obtained three years later, showed the jovial behaviour of the officers and the context of the teenager’s death for t