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A Mexican mother whose teenage son, Sergio Adrian Hernandez Guereca, was shot dead by a US Border Patrol agent from the other side of the border 10 years ago fears a US Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday that barred her lawsuit could endanger others.

Earlier, the court ruled 5-4 to uphold a lower court’s dismissal of the lawsuit against the agent, Jesus Mesa, who stood on the US side when he shot across the border into the face of the 15-year-old.

Standing in a culvert right on the Mexican side of the border, clutching her son’s framed photograph, Maria Guadalupe Guereca said the ruling could embolden other US Border Patrol agents.

“They’ll feel that they have the right to kill innocent people, that they can continue killing children,” said Guereca, adding that her son had never caused her trouble.