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Title: U.S. border cop charged with murdering Mexican
Source: Reuters
URL Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/topN ... 07?feedType=RSS&rpc=22&sp=true
Published: Aug 7, 2007
Author: Reuters
Post Date: 2007-08-07 08:25:03 by Jethro Tull
Keywords: None
Views: 704
Comments: 49

U.S. border cop charged with murdering Mexican

Tue Aug 7, 2007 7:34AM EDT

BISBEE, Arizona (Reuters) - A U.S. Border Patrol agent must stand trial for murder in the shooting of a Mexican man trying to enter the United States, an Arizona judge ruled Monday in a case that drew criticism from Mexico.

Agent Nicholas Corbett was charged in April with four counts of homicide in the January 12 shooting of Francisco Dominguez Rivera shortly after he crossed the border illegally on a stretch of desert between Douglas and Naco.

Cochise County Justice of the Peace David Morales ruled the evidence supported lesser charges of second-degree murder, but threw out charges of first-degree murder, which supposes premeditation.

The ruling followed a preliminary hearing that heard evidence from three illegal immigrants present at the shooting, a pathologist, county sheriff's detectives and two Border Patrol supervisors.

No date was set for Corbett's arraignment.

Following the killing, Mexico's Foreign Ministry complained of "disproportionate violence" and instructed the Mexican Embassy in Washington to investigate the circumstances.

Last year, border police captured 1.1 million undocumented immigrants crossing over the border from Mexico and recorded a soaring number of attacks on agents.

Lawyers for Corbett argue he shot Dominguez Rivera in self-defense after he was threatened with a rock.


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I'd shoot him too if he threatened m/with a rock.

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#5. To: Jethro Tull (#0)

I'd shoot him too if he threatened m/with a rock.

I am amazed how easy people kill, and also how they earn support for killing someone. I agree he is an illegal and they should not come in. If they do i would put my anger towards the goverment. I have in my mighty goverment arsenal many weapons that will knock you out good but NOT kill you. I know they look dirty don't know the language and so on and so on but they still have a mom or a child somewhere...... and however whatever they are it is not an excuse for you becoming a civilized "animal"

LostBody  posted on  2007-08-07   12:39:11 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: LostBody (#5)

I am amazed how easy people kill, and also how they earn support for killing someone.

Just curious. Put yourself in this border agent's shoes. How would you handle an illegal alien who threatened you with deadly physical force?

Jethro Tull  posted on  2007-08-07   13:08:53 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#10. To: Jethro Tull (#8)

I would back up as much as i can and look for other options. And if i am cornered that i really have to fear for my life (don't forget he had a stone and not an AK47) i would shoot his legs and arms. An agent i would say has the training for it. What do you say?

LostBody  posted on  2007-08-07   20:34:43 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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#14. To: LostBody (#10)

I would back up as much as i can and look for other options.

Given this strategy, your life span as a BP would be closer to weeks than years.

Jethro Tull  posted on  2007-08-07 21:36:40 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#16. To: LostBody, jethro tull (#10)

And if i am cornered that i really have to fear for my life (don't forget he had a stone and not an AK47) i would shoot his legs and arms.

I know what you are trying to say, but the law is clear - if you shoot, you shoot to kill, not maim.

Most excellent advice for the private citizen as well, for multiple reasons.

Besides in a panic situation trying to hit an arm or leg is something only a very well trained person could even hope to do.

Best go for center of mass and unload the gun --- and be sure you have no other option.

Tell the cops "I feared for my life and I only wanted to stop him".

tom007  posted on  2007-08-07 21:52:49 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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