Note: The following post is a quote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980422/posts
Mexican national admits to assaulting border agent
The Monitor ^ | March 4, 2008 | Jeremy Roebuck
Posted on 03/04/2008 3:03:35 PM PST by SwinneySwitch
McALLEN — A 28-year-old Mexican national pleaded guilty Monday to assaulting a U.S. Border Patrol agent last year during a failed arrest attempt.
Juan Carlos Gonzalez Garcia, of Villa De Ramos, S.L.P., Mexico, faces up to 20 years in prison for the attack which left the agent with a fractured left shoulder.
He told authorities he was one of three men in a pick-up truck stopped on Dec. 13 just outside of Roma, according to court documents.
But when agents discovered he was in the country illegally and tried to arrest him, Gonzalez resisted, knocking himself and the arresting agent to the ground. The impact injured the federal law enforcement officer.
Authorities arrested Gonzalez nearby a short time later. He has remained in custody since his arrest.
Gonzalez was previously detained and deported in August 2006, after entering the United States illegally through Laredo.
In 2005, he served 10 months in a U.S. federal prison for smuggling illegal immigrants into the United States.
Assaults on Border Patrol agents patrolling the nation’s Southwestern border continue to rise as the nation takes a tougher stance on illegal immigration.
During fiscal year 2007, the agency reported a total of 987 attacks with weapons including rocks, vehicles, guns and Molotov cocktails, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection statistics. That number marks a substantial increase over 2006’s total of 752.
But incidents of violence in the Rio Grande Valley Sector, a region that extends from Brownsville to Roma, have remained relatively few and minor, according to agency reports.
If convicted, Gonzalez faces up to 20 years in prison and $250,000 in fines. He awaits sentencing at a June 6 hearing.
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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/020183.php
March 4, 2008
“Palestinian refugee camp: Bombs and rocket-propelled grenades found in mosques and homes”
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“Rare footage - Inside The Jabaliya Refugee Camp - Bombs, Rocket Propelled Grenades Found In Mosques & Houses”
Defense
5/3/08www.infolive.tv
DESCRIPTION - SNIPPET: “Hours after troops pulled out of the Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza, Infolive.tv brings you rare footage of soldiers operating inside the camp. Bombs and explosive devices soldiers found inside mosques and inhabited buildings prove how the terrorists hide behind the ciivilian population to launch their attacks against IDF forces and Israel.03/03/08”