Posted on 05/25/2009 8:53:22 AM PDT by AuntB
A 23-year-old Guaymas, Sonora man is in stable condition after being shot Saturday by a Border Patrol agent in Potrero Canyon west of Nogales.
Santa Cruz County Sheriff Antonio Estrada said his office received a call from BP at about 4:15 a.m. concerning the incident that occurred near Forest Service Road 4210.
Estrada gave the following account:
“The report was that Border Patrol in the area came upon a group of undocumented persons. They turned around and fled. One of those in the group turned around and threw rocks” at the officers.
The pursuit then continued and the individual, who was dressed differently than the others in the group, “turned around and started throwing rocks at the officers again. This time one of the agents shot the man three times; one bullet hit the individual in the right arm near the elbow, another on the left thigh and a third in the left knee.”
The man who was shot was identified as Jaime Martinez. He was taken to a Tucson hospital where he is in stable condition. The Mexican consulate has been advised.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation will take over the case, said Estrada, adding that the BP Critical Incident Team responded to the scene as well. There were no drugs found near the area, and because of the different clothing worn by the man, Estrada said he suspects Martinez was the coyote leading a group of people who crossed into the United States illegally.
Asked if in his opinion such a scenario would warrant shooting the alleged smuggler, Estrada said, “Oh yes. Rocks can maim or kill someone. This man seemed very determined because he did it not just once, but twice. I think under the circumstances the agent had no choice but to defend himself.
“I empathize with them and we are always very concerned about their safety especially when they are exposed to that situation at night not knowing what the smugglers are carrying or how intent they are about getting their contraband through.”
Gulf Cartel stealing gas from Pemex pipelines! By m3report http://m3report.wordpress.com/2009/05/20/gulf-cartel-stealing-gas-from-pemex-pipelines/
El Universal (Mexico City) 5/19/09
The headline reads: Zetas milk Pemex and sell to businesses. An investigation by the Mexican Department of Justice (PGR) into the extraction of combustibles from the pipelines of Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) in the state of Veracruz has located more than 70 companies that acquired the stolen diesel. Initially the crime is attributed to organized crime, specifically the Gulf drug cartel. Investigation so far has determined that a distributor, AETSA in Mexico state, distributed the diesel to several firms up to four times a week in quantities of 2,000 to 5,000 gallons. The article continues with examples of preliminary evidence pointing to the Gulf cartel as tapping Pemex pipelines to sell to businesses with the knowledge and protection of major businessmen. —– El Universal’s editorial on the matter: The narco business. The success of the war against narcotraffic is measured — according to television spots — in terms of arrests and seizures, certainly historic in the past three years. But while the drug traffic becomes more difficult, extortion, kidnapping, sexual exploitation and other destroyers of the social fabric are becoming the new sources of money for the cartels.
In Tijuana, thugs charge between 500 to 23,000 dollars monthly to merchants and businesses in exchange for not burning them down or for leaving their relatives in peace. The same is happening in Veracruz, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas, Michoacán and other states. The Institute of Citizen Studies, regarding insecurity, estimates that during 2007 there were 6,500 kidnappings, more than 17 per day. Mexico is the second largest producer of child pornography in the world. Now we learn from the PGR of the theft from a Pemex pipeline by Los Zetas.
The diversification of the criminals corroborates that they are no longer ranchers with old codes of ethics, concerned about their communities. They are cold assassins, kidnappers, deserters from elite military groups who use business strategies to make up for the troubles that the federal operations cause them.
The problem no longer is the narcotraffic in itself; it is the context of impunity that allows the joining of businessmen who buy stolen diesel with narcotraffickers dedicated also to kidnapping and extortion. For that reason the answers from authorities mean little, like the governor of Veracruz who proposes — in answer to the robbery of combustibles — to raise the penalties and make it a make the stealing of pipelines from Pemex an organized crime.
If Mexico’s struggle is not only against narcotrafficking, but also against organized crime, then it is necessary to change the system that permits police and politicians, businessmen and prison authorities to be part of the huge business of violence. —– A district judge in the Mexican state of Zacatecas has authorized a formal 30-day detention of 44 prison guards while the investigation of the escape of 53 of their prisoners is being conducted. The coordinated prison break at Cieneguillas, Zacatecas [reported earlier], is believed to be the work of Los Zetas, the militant arm of the Gulf drug cartel. Also ordered detained for 30 days were both the director and ex-director of the prison. ——————–
El Debate (Sinaloa) 5/19/09
Using a “molecular detector GT-200″, units of the Mexican Army seized more than four metric tons of marihuana from a tractor-trailer truck before it crossed into the US at Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua. The detector, using gamma rays, registered positive for the drug, leading to further inspection of the truck. The driver was arrested. ——————–
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Clearly the BP agent is guilty and should be fired. The victim should be compensated for his pain, mental suffering, and being profiled. /sarc
He was upset that he doesn’t have a path to citizenship.
Oh, yes, and he should be given a green card, allowed to bring in his entire family, and immediately be signed up for welfare, “affordable” housing and free medical care.
The pursuit then continued and the individual, who was dressed differently than the others in the group, “turned around and started throwing rocks at the officers again.”
They probably thought he was a Palistinian...
Ping!
The BP agent is in big trouble, he just prevented Nancy Pelosi’s new staff from crossing the border.
It’s clear the BP agent is guilty. The government needs to refer the case to U.S. Attorney Sutton for prosecution, and give Martinez immunity and money to return to the U.S. to testify against the mean BP agent that shot him. And, of course, we’ll want to give Martinez immunity from prosecution for any thing he smuggles in while returning to the states to testify against the BP agent. And, we’ll want to railroad the jury into a guilty verdict by hiding relevant facts.
On the other hand, let’s just call the BP agent a hero for not putting up with an assault by the illegal Mexican coyote. In fact, let’s give the agent a couple of weeks off with pay for doing his duty under adversity, to show our appreciation for taking his job seriously.
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