Deported veteran dies while waiting to return home to US [Video]

SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — Jesus “Chuy” Juarez was only 17 when he enlisted in the Marine Corps.

He’d convinced his parents to sign a waiver so recruiters would allow him to sign up, and he served for three years during the Vietnam War.

While taking part in a military training exercise, he fell off a truck and was badly hurt.

The injuries he suffered on that day were misdiagnosed and never treated properly, according to family and friends.

“That accident back in 1975 caused him a life from that point forward of pain,” said Robert Vivar, of the Unified U.S. Deported Veterans Resource Center. “He struggled to be able to deal with the pain from the injuries he sustained.”

Juarez also struggled with being away from home.

He was raised in Sherman Heights near downtown San Diego.

But he was deported for having undocumented migrants in his car and would spend almost 30 years waiting to come back home to …