article from Border Patrol Local 2544
04-23-07 Today it was announced that the Cochise County Attorney's Office will charge a Border Patrol agent with 1st Degree Murder, along with 3 other State charges. This stems from a shooting incident near Naco in January. The Mexican Consulate has been involved in this "investigation" from the beginning. The "witnesses" to this incident are two brothers and a sister-in-law of the deceased alien who were coached by the Mexican Consulate prior to speaking with Cochise County investigators. Three other witnesses who weren't related to the deceased alien were sent back to Mexico (apparently, impartiality had no place in this investigation). We will not abandon this agent in his greatest time of need. When his side of the story comes out, we hope that people will see that he did nothing wrong. Please keep in mind that he hasn't had the opportunity to tell his story yet. This pattern of prosecuting Border Patrol agents for doing their jobs is disturbing, to say the least. The usual brigade of Border Patrol haters (the open borders crowd who would just as soon see us all in jail so that the country can be flooded with illegal aliens) will jump on this bandwagon and try to get every bit of cheap clout they can muster. They love any opportunity to bash Border Patrol agents. All the Arizona Daily Star can muster for "other killings" by Border Patrol agents are a 1992 incident in which the agent was found innocent in both criminal and civil rights trials, and a 2005 incident where charges were brought without merit against another agent. During this time period many hundreds of thousands of arrests have been performed by Border Patrol agents without incident. The Union will provide attorneys for this agent through the closure of the case if the Federal government decides not to represent him. Read an article here and another article here. Notice how Mexican government officials are now talking up the "rule of law" on "both sides of the border" - something they are very selective about. Their hypocrisy is shameful. A recent video from an El Centro Border Patrol shooting, which clearly shows an illegal alien about to bean a Border Patrol agent with a rock, was not enough to convince the Mexican Consulate that the shooting was justified. Even after seeing it for themselves they demand action be taken against the agent. They clearly believe we have no right to defend ourselves. Watch the video here. See prior comments on the Naco shooting below in italics.
Naco Shooting Investigation Thoroughly Bungled
02-19-07 After the recent shooting incident in Naco, managers and investigators failed to separate the witnesses, and allowed them to "get their stories straight" before speaking to the Mexican Consulate. "Investigation 101" mandates that you immediately separate ALL witnesses so that they can't conspire. You transport them separately. Then, if separated witnesses give wildly diverse stories about what happened you know that someone is not being truthful. In this case, the Mexican Consulate's star witnesses are all related to the alleged "victim". Further, while management claims they have completed a "thorough investigation" into the matter of the Mexican Consulate improperly gaining access to witnesses prior to anyone from law enforcement, they inexplicably failed to speak with either of the rank-and-file agents present that day. The only people they interviewed that we're aware of are managers. Again, "investigation 101" mandates that you speak with all available witnesses, not just those who are likely to support your preferred version of events. A short written statement from the agents is insufficient in this case. Other questions have arisen since the agents originally submitted their statements. Those questions require clarification.
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