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Illegal aliens robbed trying to cross into U.S.
Yuma Daily Sun ^ | Feb 21, 2006 | STAFF REPORTS

Posted on 02/22/2006 9:23:41 AM PST by sean327

Illegal aliens robbed trying to cross into U.S.

FROM STAFF REPORTS Feb 21, 2006, 9:23 pm

Forty-four illegal aliens were robbed twice Tuesday morning, first on their way into the United States and again once they crossed the border.

The Yuma County Sheriff's Office responded at 8 a.m. to County 18-1/2 Street and the Colorado River near Gadsden for the group who had been apprehended by the Border Patrol. Those in the group said they had been robbed in Mexico and then robbed again after they crossed the border.

"I don't know of anything they could have had left," said YCSO Capt. Eben Bratcher.

YCSO said the second robbery occurred just across the border. The illegal aliens were lined up and searched at gunpoint by four unknown suspects. The suspects were looking for wallets and any other items of value, YCSO said.

"It was the same modus operandi (as previous robberies)," Bratcher said. "They wait for them, they rob them and then they run back across the border."

Bratcher said the Sheriff's Office learns of only a fraction of the total number of these robberies. He said the agency is only notified when illegal aliens are apprehended by Border Patrol, as they were in this case, and then say they were robbed.

"How many are occurring and go unreported?" Bratcher said. "I'm sure that's a significant number. If you are here illegally, the last thing you are going to do if you get robbed is call the cops."

YCSO said none of the victims were injured, and all were being sent back to Mexico by Border Patrol. Bratcher said the double robbery showed there was clearly more than one group attempting to rob illegal aliens crossing the border.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: borderissues; crime; illegalailiens; illegalaliens; mexico; narcoterrorists; terrorism
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Yesterday I posted a story about a group of 129 illegals caught near Wellton Az. These clowns were caught near Gadsden Az. Lately it seems the Border Patrol is catching bigger groups. It may be the mad rush to beat the upcomming summer heat, but these guys are crossing in larger groups than before.
1 posted on 02/22/2006 9:23:45 AM PST by sean327
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Hmm, this might be a good idea. Allow US residents to take whatever they want from any illegals entering the states.


2 posted on 02/22/2006 9:25:33 AM PST by isthisnickcool (Jack Bauer: "By the time I'm finished with you you're going to wish you felt this good again".)
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Forty-four illegal aliens were robbed twice Tuesday morning, first on their way into the United States and again once they crossed the border.




Well ya know how to keep this from happening to you right?


Right?


3 posted on 02/22/2006 9:26:00 AM PST by trubluolyguy (I don't hate Arabs. But I wouldn't trust a muzzie as far as I could throw Ted Kennedy.)
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Why should we believe this? Are they asking for restitution?


5 posted on 02/22/2006 9:27:48 AM PST by Sybeck1
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MSM Frontline: Peaceful Immigrants ROBBED by Racist, Sexist, Bigoted, Right-wing, Christian Minute-Men!
(Statue of Liberty cries out, "how shameful!")

</sarc>


6 posted on 02/22/2006 9:29:38 AM PST by Jeremiah2911
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If they had not committed a crime, then they would not have become victims of a crime.

No tears here.
7 posted on 02/22/2006 9:29:51 AM PST by Marine Inspector (Government is not the solution to our problem; Government is the problem)
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For a minute I thought this was satire. Unfortunately, it's true. Dang illegals...they sometimes seem to get more rights than true American citizens.


8 posted on 02/22/2006 9:32:21 AM PST by ChandyB71
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ever read the book 'Lines And Shadows' by Joseph Wambaugh? i wonder if there isn't a way to start that program up again, but maybe refine it...a lot! lol


9 posted on 02/22/2006 9:33:50 AM PST by ferri (Be Politically Incorrect: Support the Constitution!)
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Well ya know how to keep this from happening to you right?

Requiring all illegals to have sex with Madeline Albright?

10 posted on 02/22/2006 9:38:31 AM PST by zarf (It's time for a college football playoff system.)
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To: sean327

Forgive me if I don't have much sympathy for criminals who fall victim to crime.


11 posted on 02/22/2006 9:40:11 AM PST by SmoothTalker
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One of the minor reasons I am against illegal immigration is because it sets up the illegal aliens for exploitation by local or imported criminals and low life business owners who don't pay them because the illegals have no legal recourse against them. This point seems to be overlooked by organizations that claim to be for the illegals 'rights'.


12 posted on 02/22/2006 9:40:11 AM PST by magslinger (Cry Havoc and let slip the yobos of war!)
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" It may be the mad rush to beat the upcomming summer heat, but these guys are crossing in larger groups than before."


The federal government isn't exactly sending strong signals that this sort of behavior won't be tolerated.


13 posted on 02/22/2006 9:40:45 AM PST by SmoothTalker
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Boo freakin hoo.


14 posted on 02/22/2006 9:43:29 AM PST by the gillman@blacklagoon.com ("If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on Earth!")
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aaawwwwww....

Illegals fall victim to other criminals, hmmmm...


15 posted on 02/22/2006 9:45:26 AM PST by Redbob
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Requiring all illegals to have sex with Madeline Albright




Nope. Requiring El Presidente to do his friggin' job or give it up to someone who will.


16 posted on 02/22/2006 9:46:06 AM PST by trubluolyguy (I don't hate Arabs. But I wouldn't trust a muzzie as far as I could throw Ted Kennedy.)
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but these guys are crossing in larger groups than before.

Not really, it just seems that way because of the news reporting.

We catch thousands of illegals crossing the AZ/Mex border each and every day and each and every day, we catch groups over 100. The news, just does not report on each day.

17 posted on 02/22/2006 9:46:43 AM PST by Marine Inspector (Government is not the solution to our problem; Government is the problem)
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Heck, I'm all for it. Rob the 'immigrants' before they get to rob Americans.

I'm waiting for the day when that headline reads "US Marines Shoot Illegal Aliens Trying to Cross into US".

Much more satisfying.


18 posted on 02/22/2006 9:47:55 AM PST by Wombat101 (Islam: Turning everything it touches to Shi'ite since 632 AD...)
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"How many are occurring and go unreported?" Bratcher said. "I'm sure that's a significant number. If you are here illegally, the last thing you are going to do if you get robbed is call the cops."

Oh no! People breaking the law meet up with other people breaking the law and it goes unreported. How awful!

19 posted on 02/22/2006 9:48:13 AM PST by DumpsterDiver
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To: ferri

I was thinking about Wambaugh's "Lines And Shadows" as I read the initial post, ferri.


One of Wambaugh's better Non-Fiction books.

The LA Cops won't touch BARF again, due to Political Correctness. Better to use an Army Guard Unit to surround and Force March their a**es back across the border.

Jack.


20 posted on 02/22/2006 10:02:02 AM PST by Jack Deth (Knight Errant and Disemboweler of the WFTD Thread)
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