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Immigration See other Immigration Articles Title: [ILLEGAL] Immigrants give differing accounts of capture by reservist Immigrants give differing accounts of capture by reservist Associated Press Seven Mexican men who say they were held at gunpoint in southwestern Arizona by an Army reservist gave authorities differing accounts of the incident, according to police records. In a report released by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday, all seven immigrants say they were held at gunpoint and ordered to lie face down on the ground. But their stories differ about what happened before that. "They seem to be all over the place," said David Cantor, defense attorney for Sgt. Patrick Haab, who is charged with seven counts of aggravated assault for the April 10 incident. Some said Haab, who served two tours in Iraq, took the keys from the Chevy Suburban in which they were sitting, while others said another man Haab summoned took the keys. One of the immigrants said a second man, whom authorities are still trying to find, pointed a gun Haab gave him at the group. Haab was released from jail Thursday night on $10,000 cash bond. Haab told authorities that he drew a pistol to stop a group of men from rushing him at an Interstate 8 rest stop. The men later were determined to be undocumented immigrants from Mexico. Sheriff Joe Arpaio said Haab also gave differing accounts about the incident first to dispatchers and later to investigators. Haab only claimed he was acting in self-defense in an interview with a sheriff's investigator, Arpaio said. The investigator wrote that when he pointed out an inconsistency during an interview, Haab invoked his right to a lawyer. "He's got his story, we've got ours and that's what the criminal justice system is for - to get to the bottom of this," Arpaio said. Cantor said Haab didn't mention the self-defense in the earlier phone calls because he "cut to the chase" in his conversations. Haab is from New Paris, Ind., and is assigned to the Army's 415th Civil Affairs Battalion from Kalamazoo, Mich. He currently lives in Mesa.
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