Posted on 12/26/2008 10:24:18 AM PST by raybbr
SAN DIEGO – A 23-year-old Mexican national was wearing what appeared to be a U.S. Army brigadier general's uniform when he struck a Border Patrol agent at an Interstate 8 checkpoint in October, authorities said Tuesday.
Fernando Mejia-Baron of Tijuana pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to assault on a federal officer, U.S. Attorney Karen P. Hewitt said in a statement.
He appeared before Magistrate Judge Anthony J. Battaglia.
Mejia-Baron was driving a Honda Accord with three illegal immigrants in the trunk when he approached the I-8 checkpoint in Pine Valley on Oct. 7, Hewitt said.
Agents who were suspicious that a young man could achieve such a high Army rank tried to stop the vehicle, Hewitt said. When Mejia-Baron tried to flee, the car struck an agent.
The California Highway Patrol said at the time that the agent suffered minor injuries.
Mejia-Baron is scheduled to be sentenced March 23 before U.S. District Judge Marilyn L. Huff.
Aint that a little young to be impersonating a U.S. Army brigadier general
How nice.
IIRC all the illegals are in the shadows, some how when they get out of the shadows they are doing the work Americans will not do..
“Agents who were suspicious that a young man could achieve such a high Army rank tried to stop the vehicle, Hewitt said.”
Glad Monk was on the case.
LOL, what an idiot. I love it when people from hopelessly corrupt countries come here and try something that probably could’ve been pulled off just fine back home. What they fail to understand is that America isn’t quite that corrupt — yet.
Q. And who were those three gentlemen in the trunk, Mr. Mejia?
A. Those were my staff.
I never read the articles just the headline so many posts so little time
It makes me wonder if he could have gotten away with it if he had chosen a more attainable rank, like posing as an E-6 or an O-3.
I never realized that a Honda Accord had that much trunk space. Then again, having ridden in Mexican colectivos with about three people in my lap I cant testify that you can get a huge number of Mexican into a confined space.
Then how did you know he was impersonating a Brigadier general? :^0
>IIRC all the illegals are in the shadows, some how when they get out of the shadows they are doing the work Americans will not do..
Like being a Brigadier General, obviously. [/cynic]
¿Usted sabe quién soy?!!
(excuse me if this isn’t correct, but you get my drift)
> Aint that a little young to be impersonating a U.S. Army brigadier general
General George Armstrong Custer made Biigadier General at the age of 23, but this doesn’t happen today.
If the great General Patton couldn’t get away with slapping a soldier, then this POS mexican poser ought to have the book thrown at him for not only impersonating an officer, but striking one of our federal Border Patrol agents.
Only believeable if he were impersonating an Air Force general (as a Marine, we used to kid around and say that the Air Force was just GIVING the stuff - rank, awards, etc. - away!).
Bush my award him the medal of freedom
Johnny Sutton sees it as a case of the Agent’s body assaulting the dirtbag’s car.
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