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The Progressive Prosecutor Pt. 5: Police Accountability

Courtesy of Adriana Camarena
The family of Luis Gongora Pat in the tiny Mayan village of Teabo, in the Mexican province of Yucatan.

San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin charged a former police officer with homicide last year. This was a milestone in a country where police are so rarely charged. In this installment of The Progressive Prosecutor, we take a look at why so many families are still waiting for justice.

"To this day, we are still struggling to raise up his name."

"The Progressive Prosecutor" is a series looking at San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin's first year in office. Find the rest of the stories in the series here.

Co-reported by Sona Avakian and Alice Woelfle. Translation work by Adriana Camarena and Annelise Finney, voiced by Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman. Engineered by James Rowlands. Edited by David Boyer.