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Man (non-citizen) arrested for starting Colorado wildfire
Reuters ^ | June 30, 2018

Posted on 06/30/2018 8:56:35 PM PDT by 11th_VA

TAOS, New Mexico (Reuters) - A man was arrested on Saturday on charges of starting a forest fire in Colorado that has destroyed structures and forced hundreds to evacuate their homes in one of dozens of wildfires raging across the drought-hit U.S. southwest.

Jesper Joergensen, 52, was taken into custody for suspected arson that started the Springs Fire, the most active of around 10 blazes in Colorado, the state hardest hit by fires, according to Costilla County Sheriff's Office Facebook page.

Joergensen is not a U.S. citizen and will be handed over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement once he has faced arson charges, said a Costilla County detention officer. The officer could not immediately say what nationality Joergensen held.

The fire has scorched over 38,000 acres (15,378 hectares) between the towns of Fort Garland and La Veta in southern Colorado, forcing more mandatory evacuations of homes and ranches on Saturday in a mountainous area of public and private land. The fire continued to grow, fueled by temperatures in the mid 80s Fahrenheit (27 Celsius) and had zero percent containment as of Saturday afternoon.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: arson; criminalaliens; joergensen; wildfires
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ICE Happens (Lol - stole that)
1 posted on 06/30/2018 8:56:35 PM PDT by 11th_VA
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To: 11th_VA

Sounds Swedish. Or maybe a Dane!?


2 posted on 06/30/2018 8:59:06 PM PDT by 21twelve
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To: 11th_VA

Just starting the fires Americans won’t start.


3 posted on 06/30/2018 8:59:38 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 21twelve

Not Swedish, the e...


4 posted on 06/30/2018 9:01:31 PM PDT by Professional
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Nordic. Just think of all the black d—ks he’s going to enjoy in prison.


5 posted on 06/30/2018 9:02:12 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: 11th_VA

Well, subtract those costs from what we give, or their illegals remit, back to his country.


6 posted on 06/30/2018 9:15:56 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: 11th_VA

Huh. I thought he just went nuts at Christmas.


7 posted on 06/30/2018 9:25:30 PM PDT by JennysCool
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To: 11th_VA

Disgusting.


8 posted on 06/30/2018 9:41:33 PM PDT by snarkytart
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I have family and friends in the area affected. Tonight a pre evacuation order was issued for the Huerfano valley...where I raised my children. My son in laws family lives there as does the great grandmother to some of my great grandma children. One of the Roadies for the old Fleetwood Mac band lives there. John Denver owned a farm in Malachite. He was my neighbor. The farm was also a college school where young folks learned how to raise animals, raise grains, raise food...the old fashioned way. They churned their own butter, and when having season came around, the hay was cut and gathered with horse drawn equipment. They also had a wood shop where exquisite doors and boardroom table tops were made from raw lumber. The kind Trump would order.

A lot of famous people either lived here, or visited here.

Remember Aussie Redman shampoo? Well, Redman has/had a ranch there. They raised Buffalo. And a little further up the road is a wolf sanctuary..a big deal wolf sanctuary.

Tanya Tucker’s cousin owned a little store/gas station that I almost purchased.

I got toeet the appolo 15 astronaut, Jim Erwin there when he waltzed into a little restaurant I was working in, only a year before he died.
Is anybody familiar with Chipita jewelry? She and her husband have a little house there, too.

One of the most humble and beautiful places on the face of the earth is going up in flames, and a ton of memories goes with it.

It’s infuriating that we aren’t being told a motive for what that arsonist did. But a lot of lives are destroyed as a result of it. Word is,(grapevine) he was burning trash. He’d been cited for it before.

So sad.


9 posted on 06/30/2018 10:04:13 PM PDT by PrairieLady2
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To: 11th_VA

Yet another wonderful illegal alien torching our country.


10 posted on 06/30/2018 10:24:16 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: PrairieLady2

It is sad, and it’s worse because it didn’t need to happen. I hope your friends are safe.


11 posted on 06/30/2018 10:24:48 PM PDT by McGavin999 ("The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood."Thomas Jefferson)
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To: 11th_VA

German


12 posted on 06/30/2018 10:32:46 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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Wiki says it’s Danish-Norwegian origin so German isn’t out of play.


13 posted on 06/30/2018 10:53:08 PM PDT by Rebelbase ( Tagline disabled.)
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To: 11th_VA

German? Hang this one around Merkel’s neck.


14 posted on 06/30/2018 11:02:28 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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Don't want to be too explicit, but I think that most FReepers will agree that a secret invasive force (cough - illegal aliens - cough) and/or jihadi operatives could most effectively disable this country by engaging in similar acts.

Impossible to protect against.

Regards,

15 posted on 06/30/2018 11:03:51 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: PrairieLady2

Agree. Beautiful area. The fires in Sonoma last Oct 2017 were brutal, too.


16 posted on 06/30/2018 11:21:05 PM PDT by Falconspeed ("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94))
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” Word is,(grapevine) he was burning trash. He’d been cited for it before.”

It may not be the case here but moonbat liberal regulations are often the reason people burn trash when they shouldn’t.

Too many regulations drive dumping prices up to the point that many can’t afford garbage service, so their only option is illegal dumping or burning it.


17 posted on 07/01/2018 12:34:36 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Liberals can kiss my bitter clingers!)
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I won’t disagree with what you are saying; however, it is completely his responsibility to burn in a safe manner.


18 posted on 07/01/2018 1:16:00 AM PDT by MCF (If my home can't be my Castle, then it will be my Alamo.)
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To: 11th_VA
effin open northern borders. We need a wall NOW.

Just kidding you always-trumpers.

19 posted on 07/01/2018 3:43:49 AM PDT by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)
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To: MCF

Some places outlaw burning at all times, any burning is illegal. The same areas will make so many regs on dumps and landfills that it costs a fortune to dump your trash or get garbage service.

Don’t discount the problem unless you’ve live in such a area.


20 posted on 07/01/2018 4:49:07 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Liberals can kiss my bitter clingers!)
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