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Title: Plan To Put National Guard At Border Frightens West Texas Town
Source: www.signonsandiego.com
URL Source: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/ ... 60513-2042-bordersecurity.html
Published: May 13, 2006
Author: By Alicia A. Caldwell
Post Date: 2006-05-15 11:51:26 by Mind_Virus
Keywords: None
Views: 123
Comments: 4

Plan To Put National Guard At Border Frightens West Texas Town

By Alicia A. Caldwell ASSOCIATED PRESS

8:42 p.m. May 13, 2006

REDFORD, Texas – The last time the U.S. military posted troops on the border near this tiny cluster of farms and ranches, an 18-year-old goat herder was shot to death.

Hardly a day passes that Esequiel Hernandez Jr.'s family and neighbors don't think of May 20, 1997, the day a Marine corporal shot and killed him.

With President Bush considering plans to deploy National Guard troops along the Mexican border, Hernandez's family is worried that other border residents or even his nephews, who tend goats along the same rugged West Texas desert where he was killed, could be the next victims.

“There was no motive for them to (shoot) Esequiel and I worry that the same thing could happen, or worse,” his grandfather, 79-year-old Valerio Pando, said in Spanish.

It is widely speculated that President Bush will unveil a plan to send troops to the border during a Monday night speech about immigration reform. Details of the plan are unclear but at least one defense official estimated that thousands of troops could be deployed as part of a security initiative.

The last time area residents saw the military working on the border in their Big Bend region town, the Marines assigned to an anti-drug mission were explaining what led to Esequiel Hernandez's death.

At the time of the shooting, the military said the teen, who was carrying a .22-caliber rifle, fired twice at the camouflaged troops and raised his gun to fire a third time when Cpl. Clemente Banuelos shot back. Hernandez's family disputes that account.

Several months after the shooting, a grand jury declined to indict Banuelos. But a congressional review of the incident later criticized the U.S. Justice Department for its handling of the case. Similar anti-drug patrols involving the military were suspended after the shooting.

Dianna Valenzuela, a 54-year-old farmer who lives in the area and knows the Hernandez family, said bringing troops back to the border in any capacity is a recipe for disaster.

“Wherever the military is, they are trained to shoot first and ask questions later,” Valenzuela said.

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#1. To: Mind_Virus (#0)

Why didnt they ask the residents living there that aren't illegal?

Zipporah  posted on  2006-05-15   11:54:13 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Zipporah (#1)

Why didnt they ask the residents living there that aren't illegal?

Assuming there are some.


You know you're old when the porn starlets you liked as a kid start appearing in "mature" vids.

Tauzero  posted on  2006-05-15   12:21:36 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Mind_Virus (#0)

Wiki says

As of the census of 2000, there were 132 people, 48 households, and 36 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1.1/km² (2.9/mi²). There were 74 housing units at an average density of 0.6/km² (1.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 87.88% White, 0.76% Native American, 0.76% Asian, 10.61% from other races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 87.88% of the population.

87.88% White
Hispanic or Latino of any race were 87.88%

What a coincidence.


You know you're old when the porn starlets you liked as a kid start appearing in "mature" vids.

Tauzero  posted on  2006-05-15   12:25:55 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: Tauzero (#2)

Assuming there are some.

Sigh.. good point..

Zipporah  posted on  2006-05-15   12:26:11 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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