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Thread ID: 2954 | Posts: 13 | Started: 2002-10-06
2002-10-06 07:51 | User Profile
3 border agents shot at in 2 weeks
By Tim Steller ARIZONA DAILY STAR
Three U.S. Border Patrol agents have reported being shot at in separate incidents west of Tucson since Sept. 23.
Only once did an agent return fire, agency spokesman Ryan Scudder said. No agents were injured, and it was unclear whether anyone was struck by the agent's gunfire.
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2002-10-12 11:47 | User Profile
"WASHINGTON D.C. ââ¬â On the steps of the U.S. Capitol, the Eggle family talked about Kris Eggle.
They talked about his life, his dedication to his job and how they believe increased border security could have prevented his death.
A National Park Service Ranger, Kris Eggle was killed in the line of duty Aug. 9 while assisting border patrol officers at Arizonaââ¬â¢s Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.
Eggleââ¬â¢s parents, Bob and Bonnie, his sister, Jennifer, and several other family members and friends went to Washington, D.C. to speak to members of Congress and representatives from the Interior Department involved with the Immigration Reform Caucus Tuesday. The caucus focuses on border security.
ââ¬ÅKrisââ¬â¢ death needs to bring about reform, we have to make his sacrifice meaningful,ââ¬Â said Bob Eggle of the familyââ¬â¢s trip."
Kris Eggle was raised on his familyââ¬â¢s 130-year-old farm in Cadillac and graduated from Cadillac High School in 1991 as class valedictorian. He attended the University of Michigan and was a member of the Wolverinesââ¬â¢ cross-country team.
Kris Eggle accepted a student conservation position with the Park Service in 1995. He joined the staff at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in 2000.
**Those interested in the newsletter or joining the letter-writing campaign may send an e-mail to beggle2001@yahoo.com or garthjal@x2alliance.net. **
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2002-10-12 14:38 | User Profile
Penn,
Greetings to you and thanks for posting this. Most people dont have a clue about what goes on down there. I hope the officers shot struck and killed the s.o.b.
Now, who was it that was supposedly threating the U.S?
2002-10-14 14:27 | User Profile
Female Border Patrol agent shot (by a Mexican) from Mexican side
of the Rio Grande border while agents were pursuing smugglers 27 miles southeast of the Ysleta Port of Entry, Border Patrol officials said.
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American Patrol: [url=http://www.americanpatrol.com/]http://www.americanpatrol.com/[/url]
2002-10-15 13:32 | User Profile
**Up to 11 Bodies Found in Train Car **
DENISON, Iowa (AP)--Up to 11 bodies, possibly immigrants being smuggled into the country, were found in a Union Pacific rail car, authorities said Monday night.
All the victims were from Mexico, said Jerry Heinauer, district director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service for Nebraska and Iowa.
Heinauer said he was told by the Mexican consul that the car left Matamoras, Mexico, in June. It was parked in Oklahoma before heading to Denison, about 60 miles northwest of Omaha, Neb.
He said authorities do not yet know whether the victims were being smuggled into the country, but said the case fit the pattern of smuggling operations.
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2002-10-15 13:38 | User Profile
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2002-10-15 14:07 | User Profile
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Past time to get out of CA, AZ, NM, TX, and FL!**
Girl, 9, escapes rape attempt by Andres Madira-Torres
Torres, 29, of Jackson Street, was arrested at home Thursday at 7 a.m., minutes after the parents of a girl from the High Street neighborhood called the police for help. When officer Shawn Driscoll arrived in the family home, the 9-year-old girl was crying uncontrollably and her mother and father reported for her that she had just been grabbed, thrown on a bed and forcibly fondled by Torres. Because of outstanding drug charges against him, Torres can be held.
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Jorge Garcia held on suspicion of rape of 10-year-old girl South Lake Tahoe - The girl's stepfather contacted police and Jorge Garcia was placed into custody by Douglas County sheriffs. In other news: Marco Joaquin Muiretta, who held an armed morning standoff with law enforcement on Sept. 11, faces 25 years to life on a charge of attempted murder.
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2002-10-18 08:36 | User Profile
**Two Illegal Immigrants Shot To Death In Pinal County **
Pinal County authorities are looking for a man who opened fire on a group of illegal immigrants in a desert area near Red Rock Wednesday afternoon. Two were killed, and an unknown amount of others were injuried.
Investigators say a group of at least 12 immigrants were gathered at a stock pond when somebody drove up, got out of the vehicle, and opened fire. Some of the immigrants were able to run for cover. A helicopter was looking for other survivors Wednesday night, but had found nothing. Authorities are now shifting their focus towards finding the gunman.
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2002-10-19 00:44 | User Profile
Our Government should be paying people to do this kind of thing!
Put the Amry on the Border with some M-2 .50 BMG, that would do the job very well!
2002-10-19 07:24 | User Profile
Armed citizens capture pot load
By Tim Steller ARIZONA DAILY STAR
LOCHIEL, Ariz. - Members of an armed citizens patrol seized about 280 pounds of marijuana Tuesday and Wednesday from smugglers crossing a ranch owned by The Nature Conservancy.
About 13 volunteers for the group, called Ranch Rescue, have been working near Lochiel since Saturday in their first mission aimed at surveillance, rather than cleanups at border-area ranches.
An official of The Nature Conservancy said Wednesday night the group was unaware Ranch Rescue members had been operating on the San Antonio Ranch, about 65 miles south of Tucson. Tom Collazo, the director of conservation for the conservancy's Arizona branch, said the ranch manager would ask the group to stop today.
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2002-10-19 07:39 | User Profile
[img]http://images.ibsys.com/2002/1010/1712778_200X150.jpg[/img] Rapist, Ramiro
[img]http://images.ibsys.com/2002/1010/1712775_200X150.jpg[/img] Victim, Bridgit F. Townsend
The convicted rapist who last week led police to the remains of missing Bandera teen Bridget F. Townsend has been charged with capital murder in her death. Townsend, 18, vanished Jan. 15, 2001, from her boyfriend's home in Bandera County.
Gonzales, 19, became a suspect nine months later after he abducted and raped another Bandera County woman. He pleaded guilty to those crimes and received two life sentences Oct. 1. Bandera County Sheriff James MacMillan said Gonzales admitted killing Townsend on Oct. 7 in an apparent bid to remain at the jail near family after being told he was being transferred to prison. Interviewed in jail Oct. 9, Gonzales told the Express-News that he kidnapped and killed Townsend because she was at her boyfriend's home when he went to burglarize it.
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2002-10-19 09:08 | User Profile
Couples Charged With Sham Marriages
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- About 30 South Carolina women pleaded guilty this week to marrying illegal aliens they barely knew to help them get green cards and stay in the country, authorities said Thursday.
The women were paid between $1,000 and $6,000 to marry strangers, mostly of Pakistani descent, U.S. Attorney Strom Thurmond Jr. said. They were among 107 couples charged this week with sham marriages in a federal probe called Operation Broken Vows, he said.
In light of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the FBI is investigating the grooms to determine whether the men are linked to terrorism, Thurmond said.
Authorities have arrested 106 of the 107 women who police say agreed to the marriages. Most of them were single mothers looking for a way to make ends meet, defense attorneys said.
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2002-11-02 11:48 | User Profile
Mexican Generals Found Guilty on Drug Charges
Associated Press Nov 1, 2002
MEXICO CITY (AP) - A military court on Friday convicted two generals of aiding drug smugglers, concluding a high-profile case aimed at cracking down on Mexico's drug trade.
The five-general panel convicted Gen. Francisco Quiros and Brig. Gen. Arturo Acosta of protecting cocaine and marijuana shipments for drug lord Amado Carrillo Fuentes, who died in 1997 after undergoing plastic surgery.
It sentenced Quiros to 16 years in prison and Acosta to 15. They have already served two years. The court cleared the men of another charge of criminal association.
Prosecutors accused the generals of protecting drug smugglers and using military airplanes to transport shipments of cocaine and marijuana.
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