Jul 13

El Paso CBP officer “murders” partner

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A Customs Border Protection K-9 on duty in El Paso

EL PASO, Texas — A U.S. Customs and Border Protection drug-sniffing dog is left inside a unit by an officer and dies.

KFOX was able to confirm the statement with CBP officials last week. CBP officials said the incident happened on July 6, but won’t release any other details.

A source tells KFOX that the CBP officer finished his overnight shift at one of the ports of entry and forgot to put his dog back in the kennel.

The source said the dog was left inside the vehicle from 8 in the morning until 4 in the afternoon, when he was found dead.

KFOX talked to a local animal advocate who said a service dog is supposed to be an officer’s partner.

“The natural temperature for a dog is 102 degrees. At 104 degrees, the animal is gonna go into cardiac arrest and cause severe brain damage. The temperatures are going to rise in the cabin of a vehicle within 10 to 15 minutes,” said Rebecca Rojas, a local animal advocate.

CBP officials said immediate steps were taken to ensure that a similar incident will not be repeated.

SOURCE KFOX NEWS

Okay, okay! Now what you thought, but just about as bad. Neglecting a defenseless animal in this manner. And of course, as in the murder of the 15 year old last month by Border Patrol Officers, it appears they’ll try to cover this one up to. Where is PETA and SPCA when you needs them? These dogs cost between $15-20,000.00 to obtain and train.

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Jun 16

Juarez Police to keep eye on border areas

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Juarez Police will be keeping an eye on their side of the border as well as ours in an attempt to prevent another murder of one of their citizens

U.S. Border Patrol agents will not work alone in trouble spots which also will be watched closer by Mexican police to prevent more violence after last week’s wanton murder of a Juárez teenager, authorities said Monday.

The mayors of El Paso and Juárez and law enforcement officials met Monday morning to discuss ways to stem problems on the international boundary between the cities.

The meeting at El Paso City Hall took place a week after the murder of Sergio Adrián Hernández Güereca, 15, who was executed by a Border Patrol agent who claimed to being attacked with rocks while trying to make an arrest on the Rio Grande in Downtown El Paso. Videos of the incident contradict the agents account.

The meeting included leaders of the Border Patrol, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Juárez and Chihuahua state police.
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Jun 15

The Hunt begins. SB-1070 gives border vigilantes a “license to kill”

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Armed vigilantes in the desert

SB-1070 has given some the courage to continue hunting Mexicans on the border without fear of retaliation from law enforcement

Deputies with the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office responded Friday morning to the area of Parker Canyon located near Rio Rico Arizona for a group of illegal immigrants who were shot at.

Sheriff Tony Estrada says that deputies received the call around 9:30 a.m. from the group who said they were shot at by 2 men wearing camouflage and using high-powered rifles. One of the 5 illegal immigrants was shot in the forearm and treated at an area hospital for his wounds.

Agents from the U.S. Border Patrol searched the area with helicopters and on foot but were unable to locate the shooters. Authorities were also notified by the illegal immigrants of human remains found near where they were shot, deputies located the remains and are investigating.

It looks like someone may have heeded the call of Carmen Mercer on behalf of the now defunct Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, to come to the border “locked and loaded”, or Barbara Coe’s call to be “locked and loaded” at the recent nativist soiree in Phoenix.
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Jun 12

FBI opens civil rights probe in the murder of Sergio Adrian Hernandez Güereca

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Murder scene from Mexican side

Scene of the murder of Sergio Adrian Hernandez Güereca from the Mexican side

The FBI, investigating the murder of 15 year old Sergio Adrian Hernandez Güereca by an unidentified Border Patrol Agent who shot Güereca in Mexico, has now expanded their investigation to include possible civil rights violations.

Mexican prosecutors, meanwhile, are investigating the case as a homicide, raising the possibility that the agent could also face charges in Mexico, although it is unlikely the U.S. would agree to extradite him.

The FBI formally added the civil rights element to its broader investigation into the alleged assault on the Border Patrol agent.

A civil rights probe investigates allegations of abuse by any U.S. law enforcement officer. If investigators determine the Border Patrol agent shot Hernandez without justification, he could be found to have violated Hernandez’s civil rights, which is a crime. The fate of the agent could range from being cleared of all wrongdoing to a charge of homicide.
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Jun 11

Video of 15 year old boys murder by US Border Patrol released

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Friends and relatives of Sergio Adrian Hernandez Güereca, 15, stand over his coffin in his home before taking him away for burial

Our friends at BORDERLAND BEAT has posted videos taken by witnesses on the Santa Fe Bridge, linking El Paso and Cd Juarez, that shows the Border Patrol Agent firing wildly in the direction of three people crossing back into Mexico. The BP goon is seen holding one of the men on the ground by the hair, while firing indiscriminately in the direction of the other two, who are in Mexico.

One shot finds it mark in the eye of 15 year old Sergio Adrian Hernandez Güereca, who is instantly killed. Witnesses have stated Hernandez, was not involved in the alleged rock throwing incident.

Another example of the excellent training our Border Patrol agents receive. Reminds on of another incident 5 years ago when another numbnuts in uniform discharged his weapon 15 times at an unarmed fleeing suspect and hit nothing. Remember convicted felon and former BP agent Jose “Dead Eye” Compean and his partner Ignacio Ramos?

Three other videos accompany this one at BORDERLAND BEAT, including a couple of the boys wake and funeral, which was held yesterday in Cd. Juarez.

This murder, as well as that of 35-year-old Hernandez Rojas who was beaten and repeatedly tased near the Tijuana-San Isidro border crossing moments before being deported to Mexico after living more than 20 years in nearby San Diego, California, illustrate the need to rein in these rogue agents and for the administration to fix our broken immigration system as they promised to do.

Mexico’s independent National Human Rights Commission, or CNDH, condemned the incident and said Hernandez Rojas was beaten by at least 20 U.S. federal agents for apparently “resisting repatriation.”

“They hit him repeatedly and gave him electric shocks even when he no longer put up any resistance,” the CNDH said.
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Jun 09

Official FBI Press release on the murder of 15 year old Sergio Adrian Hernandez Güereca -ALIPAC Members respond in celebration

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The FBI’s official press release in the murder of 15 year old Sergio Adrian Hernandez Güereca and following that, anti immigrant group ALIPAC’s responses to the murder.

Press Release
For Immediate Release
June 8, 2010 FBI El Paso
Contact: Special Agent Andrea Simmons
(915) 832-5373

Assault on Federal Officer Investigated

At approximately 6:30 p.m. on Monday, June 7, 2010, Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol agents responded to a group of suspected illegal aliens being smuggled into the U.S. from Mexico near the Paso del Norte Port of Entry.

One subject, Oscar Ivan Pineda Ayala, was initially detained on the levy. Another agent arrived on his bicycle along the cement apron that forms the river bank on the U.S. side. That agent detained a second subject, Augustin Alcaraz Reyes, but other subjects ran into Mexico and began to throw rocks at the agent.

This agent, who had the second subject detained on the ground, gave verbal commands to the remaining subjects to stop and retreat. However, the subjects surrounded the agent and continued to throw rocks at him. The agent then fired his service weapon several times, striking one subject who later died.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has jurisdiction for any assault on federal officers and is the lead agency. The investigation continues and is being worked with El Paso Police Department, Customs and Border Protection Internal Affairs, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General.

The area where this incident occurred is a known high-risk crime area where rocks are regularly thrown at Border Patrol agents and where other assaults have been reported.

FBI.gov is an official site of the U.S. Federal Government, U.S. Department of Justice.

http://elpaso.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel10/ep060810.htm

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