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Title: Three Texas National Guard Soldiers Accused Of Smuggling In Immigrants
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ArmyTimes
URL Source: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/ ... rmy_smuggling_soldiers_070611/
Published: Jun 11, 2007
Author: ArmyTimes
Post Date: 2007-06-11 13:03:54 by Brian S
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Monday Jun 11, 2007 12:32:49 EDT Three Texas National Guard soldiers on duty along the U.S.-Mexico border were arrested June 9, accused of smuggling illegal immigrants, according to a press release from the Texas Guard. U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol agents initiated the investigation and the soldiers are being held by civilian law enforcement officials. Texas military officials are cooperating with the Border Patrol and will decide later if any future military justice actions against the soldiers are appropriate, according to the press release. “Our military service members have an affirmative obligation to be actively supportive of our law enforcement partners at every level of government,” Lt. Gen. Chuck Rodriguez, adjutant general of the Texas Guard, said in a statement. “This is our duty. Any breach of the public’s trust and military law by our Soldiers will be thoroughly investigated.” More than 33,000 soldiers and airmen have served in Operation Jump Start since it began more than a year ago, said Col. Bill Meehan, a spokesman for the Texas Guard. Texas itself typically has 1,500 soldiers and airmen on its section of the border at any given time, he said.
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#1. To: Brian S (#0)
Well, they were probably taking bribes and letting immigrants through... Since that's what a lot of border patrol guys do, too, aren't they being "actively supportive?"
And the publican, standing far off, would not so much as lift his eyes unto heaven, but smote his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather thant he other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. -Luke 18: 14.
Hang the bastards along with their DearLeader Chimp for supporting the invasion and the soon to come amnesty.
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition Jose Rodrigo Torres, 26, and Julio Cesar Pacheco, 25, both of Laredo, TX, and Clarence Hodge, Jr. 36, of Fort Worth, TX are each charged in the criminal complaint. All three defendants appeared before a United States Magistrate Judge this morning and have been ordered released on a $75,000 cash or surety bond. A preliminary examination hearing has been set for June 19, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. for all three defendants. According to the allegations in the criminal complaint, during the late evening hours of Thursday, June 7, 2007, Torres was arrested by Border Patrol agents after 24 illegal aliens were discovered in the van he was driving along Interstate 35 near Cotulla, TX. Torres was in uniform at the time of his arrest. Hodge and Pacheco were arrested on Friday, June 8, 2007. Hodge is alleged to have assisted Torres to pass through the I-35 Border Patrol checkpoint station without inspection the previous day by approaching Torres' vehicle to make it appear that the two were conducting National Guard business. Pacheco is accused of recruiting the guardsmen to transport undocumented aliens and paying $1,000 to $3,500 for each smuggling trip. The complaint alleges several similar smuggling trips had been conducted previously. ... Three of the passengers in Torres’ van identified him as the driver, according to the criminal complaint. They also said that they paid $1,500 to $2,000 to be smuggled into the United States, according to the complaint. ... Authorities found 24 illegal immigrants in a National Guard-rented van Torres was driving -- while in uniform. Prosecutors allege Hodge helped Torres pass through a checkpoint. Pacheco is accused of recruiting soldiers to transport the migrants for up to 35-hundred dollars per trip. Bond is 75-thousand dollars each for Torres, Pacheco and Hodge. Some authorities say the quick payoff is often at the heart of such corruption cases. Zapata County Sheriff ``Sigi'' Gonzalez says: ``It's greed.'' ... Pacheco, in an interview a year ago with The Associated Press when he was first moved to the border, said he was eager for the assignment in his hometown of Laredo. ``That's why we're here, to help them out,'' said Pacheco, who has served in Iraq and Europe. ``I'm very lucky because they're (fellow soldiers in Europe) going back to Iraq, and I get to serve here in my hometown.''
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Yeah he's helping them out alright but not his fellow soldiers, but rather the envisioned [and never to be a reality] LatinoNation of Aztlan.
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition“Our military service members have an affirmative obligation to be actively supportive of our law enforcement partners at every level of government,”
#2. To: Brian S (#0)
Three Texas National Guard soldiers on duty along the U.S.-Mexico border were arrested June 9, accused of smuggling illegal immigrants, according to a press release from the Texas Guard.
#3. To: IndieTX, Jethro Tull (#2)
It ain't greed, it's the turd world.
#4. To: Tauzero (#3)
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``That's why we're here, to help them out,'' said Pacheco, who has served in Iraq and Europe
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