US – Mexico Joint effort targets border crime

Feb 192010
 
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US - Mexico Joint effort targets border crime

In a politically sensitive operation at the Arizona- Mexico border, U.S. Border Patrol agents and Mexican federal police officers are training together, sharing intelligence and coordinating patrols for the first time. The goal of the historic partnership: a systematic joint attack on northbound flows of drugs and migrants, and southbound shipments of guns and cash. It is part of a major, unannounced crackdown started in recent months involving hundreds of U.S. and Mexican officers in the border’s busiest smuggling corridor. The initiative appears likely to expand. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Mexican Public Safety Secretary Genaro Garcia Luna will ….Read More

Former Blaine Border Patrol deputy chief pleads guilty to child rape

Jun 232009
 
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Former Blaine Border Patrol deputy chief pleads guilty to child rape

BELLINGHAM, Wash. – Joseph Giuliano, the former high-ranking Border Patrol official accused of having sex with a 14-year-old girl, changed his plea to guilty of third-degree child rape Thursday in Whatcom County Superior Court. Chief Criminal Deputy Prosecutor Mac Setter said he’s recommending Giuliano serve one year in custody of the Whatcom County Jail on work release [, Back at the Border Patrol?!?] and three years of sexual deviancy treatment after that, the Bellingham Herald reported. The paper also said the plea means Giuliano will have to register as a sex offender. Giuliano was the No. 2 man in the ….Read More

Big Rig Turns Into Clown Car

Mar 072009
 
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Big Rig Turns Into Clown Car

The Border Patrol says they found 25 illegal immigrants hiding inside a pair of semi trucks. About 10:30 p.m. on Thursday night, Border Patrol agents chased a group of suspected illegal immigrants into a parking lot at the Golden Acorn Casino. Officials said the group got into a cargo trailer via a trap door under the truck. Eventually, 17 people were found inside the trailer, officials said. While conducting surveillance of the parking lot, agents said, eight other illegal immigrants got into the cab a second truck. Both vehicles were stopped just before midnight as they left the parking lot. ….Read More

U.S. Border Patrol Weekly Blotter: February 19 – February 25

Feb 282009
 
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U.S. Border Patrol Weekly Blotter: February 19 - February 25

Harlingen Texas – A U.S. Border Patrol agent was arrested by Cameron County Sheriff’s Department deputies after an investigation into allegations that he had a sexual relation with a 14-year-old girl. Francisco Villanueva, 35, was charged Wednesday with soliciting sexual relations with a minor, which is a second-degree felony, and engaging in sexual acts with a minor, a third- degree felony, said Sheriff Omar Lucio. Bond was set on Villanueva at $30,000 for soliciting a minor and $20,000 on the second charge. “The investigation started on Feb. 1 when the mother . . . came in and spoke with our ….Read More

US Border Patrol agent arrested on bribery charges

Jan 292009
 
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US Border Patrol agent arrested on bribery charges

FBI agents have arrested a U.S. Border Patrol agent accused of accepting $39,000 in bribes and using his personal vehicle while in uniform to drive narcotics across the U.S.-Mexico border in his patrol area. Border Patrol Agent Eric Raymond Macias, who was stationed in Deming, turned himself in to FBI agents Friday at their Las Cruces offices, the FBI said. Macias allegedly accepted $39,000 in bribes from a witness who was cooperating with investigators in exchange for helping the person smuggle what the agent believed was marijuana and cocaine through the border, according to records filed in U.S. District Court. ….Read More

Sanctioned Murder – Nicholas Corbett won’t be tried a third time

Jan 092009
 
 09/01/2009  Posted by PMC at 08:39 on 09/01/2009 2 Responses »

It’s official: Border Patrol agent Nicholas Corbett won’t be tried again in an illegal immigrant’s shooting death. U.S. District Court Judge David Bury has granted a prosecution motion to dismiss second-degree murder, manslaughter and negligent homicide charges, without prejudice, meaning hey can be refiled if new evidence is developed. Two trials in 2008 ended with jurors deadlocked. The first, 10-2 for conviction, the second 11-1 for acquittal. Bury’s action last month ends criminal proceedings stemming from the Jan. 12, 2007 murder of 22-year-old Francisco Javier Dominguez Rivera of Puebla, Mexico, in Cochise County. But Corbett also faces a $7.5 million ….Read More

$7.5 million Civil Action sought against BP Agent Nicholas Corbett

Dec 092008
 
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$7.5 million Civil Action sought against BP Agent Nicholas Corbett

UPDATE – Suit was filed Tuesday A law firm representing the parents of a Mexican man killed by Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Corbett recently submitted a $7.5 million claim notice, which is a prelude to filing a lawsuit, against him and the government.  Meanwhile, a personal lawsuit against Corbett is expected to be filed separately today in federal court in Tucson. The federal tort claim, dated Dec. 2, is brought against Corbett for causing wrongful death, and against the Homeland Security Department, Border Patrol, Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Justice Department for negligently employing Corbett. “Agent ….Read More

2 Border Patrol agents indicted for Smuggling

Dec 042008
 
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2 Border Patrol agents indicted for Smuggling

Two South Texas Border Patrol agents appeared in federal court Thursday on charges alleging they helped drug traffickers move their product across the U.S.-Mexico border. A grand jury in Houston returned sealed indictments Dec. 1 against Leonel Morales, 30, of the Border Patrol’s Laredo sector and Salomon Ruiz, 34, of the Rio Grande Valley sector. Both men made their initial appearances in federal courthouses in McAllen and Laredo on Thursday after the FBI arrested them Wednesday. They will remain in custody until their respective detention hearings next week, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Jose Compean Resentenced in Federal Court in El Paso

Nov 122008
 
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Jose Compean Resentenced in Federal Court in El Paso

A US District Judge today resentenced Former Border Patrol Agent Jose Alonso Compean to 10 years for his conviction of using a weapon in the commission of a felony, plus two years for assault and other charges. Compean and former agent Ignacio Ramos were convicted in 2006 of shooting admitted drug smuggler Osvaldo Aldrete Davila and trying to cover it up. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals threw out some convictions against Ramos and Compean earlier this year, prompting Wednesday’s resentencing, but the court upheld the majority of the case. Ramos is due to be resentenced Thursday. Compean’s lawyers ….Read More

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