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It was no surprise when FMCSA Administrator John Hill extended the Mexican Cross Border Program for another two years, thus beating the opposition at their own game.

You see, FMCSA has been calling it a “demonstration program” while the opposition called it a “pilot program” which operates under different requirements, requirements that FMCSA has met.

So John Hill, using the oppositions definition of the program, extends it to 3 years as is permitted for a “pilot program”, and Jimmy Hoffa is furious!

I’m mad as hell about it, but I’m not surprised. - Jimmy Hoffa -

What is Jimmy “mad as hell about? That all the money that has found it’s way into the hip pockets of his politicians hasn’t yielded the intended results? Maybe.

I think Jimmy is further pissed because Mexican law forbids him and his union from organizing in that country. Canada allows it and we don’t hear any objections from him about Canadian trucks.

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EL PASO - Osvaldo Aldrete Davila was sentenced to 9 1/2 years Wednesday for smuggling more than 100 kilos of marijuana in 2005.

U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone sentenced Aldrete-Davila of Ciudad Juarez as a result of his guilty plea in the 2005 incident

Jusdge Cardone ironically, was the Judge who presided at the trial of Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean in 2006.

Ramos and Compeans 11 and 12 year sentence was upheld last week by the US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals which vacated part of the sentence but affirmed the major charges against the two.

OF course the right wing looney toons are whining about the sentence being shorter than that of Ramos and Compean, but they were convicted of using a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence. Aldrete-Davila did not possess nor use a firearm, thus the disparity in the sentences.

Finally, Justice is served for all parties concerned.

EL PASO — Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agents arrested a San Elizario, Texas man on Thursday after he was indicted on sex tourism charges, authorities said.

A federal grand jury indicted Gustavo Solis-Martinez, 35, on July 16 for allegedly traveling out of the country with the intent of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a teenage girl in Juárez, a federal offense under the PROTECT Act.

PROTECT, which stands for Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today, was signed into law in 2003.

“Sex tourism is a federal offense that ICE investigates aggressively with the assistance of our international law enforcement partners,” said Roberto G. Medina, special agent in charge of the ICE Office of Investigations in El Paso. “This case exemplifies the level of international resolve to ensure that those who prey on children do not go unpunished.”

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World Net Daily is reporting that Judicial Watch a so called “watchdog” group has filed suit against the US Government in an attempt to obtain details on the immunity agreement given Osvaldo Aldrete-Davilla for his testimony against ex Border Patrol Agents and convicted felons Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean who without provocation, shot him in the ass while he was attempting to flee back to Mexico.

How can we forget February 17, 2005 when Jose Compean, on Patrol in the Fabens area spotted a grey van being driven suspiciously by Aldrete-Davilla and the pursuit began that ended at the Rio Grande separating the US from Mexico. Aldrete-Davilla abandoned the van, later found to contain 750 pounds of pot and hot footed it towards Mexico. Encountering Compean on the levee, his last obstacle before the freedom of Mexico, he ducked as Compean tried to take him down with the butt of his shotgun. Compean lost his balance and fell on his face and came back up trying to shoot Aldrete-Davilla in the back. 15 rounds were expended and none found it’s mark. Ignacio Ramos coming to the aid of Compean who he thought was under attack, took one shot that hit Aldrete-Davilla in the ass, and causing immense internal damage. Instead of going to the downed suspect and rendering aid, and arresting Aldrete-Davilla,they turned around and made their way back to their cruisers where other Border Patrol agents had arrived and were searching the abandoned van. At that point, it was discovered that Aldrete-Davilla was a runner. Compean retrieved his brass and chose not to report the shooting to his supervisors as required.

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Senator Byron Lesly Dorgan, jumping at the command of Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa, offered an amendment to the 2009 Transportation Appropriations Bill aimed at shutting down the successful Mexican Cross Border Demonstration Truck Program.

Of course, Hoffa and OOIDA are praising the efforts, but the effort at what?

The current Cross Border Program is slated to end on September 11, This amendment would not take effect until October 1 at the earliest. But it still must go to conference and be reconciled with the HOuse version of the appropriations bill, voted on by the House and the full Senate and sent to the President for his signature. It will not happen during this administration.

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Ray Stevens (The Streaker) would be proud of this wieney wagger.

It was growing dark as two women, Ana Maria Arredondo and Idalia Mejía, walked by a house lined with shrubs, when the wannabe adonis, Ciro Guadalupe Hernandez Garci’a, 36, jumped out of the bushes and proudly displayed his package to the two shocked and embarrassed women.

They shouted for help and was soon joined by a relative who chased Garcia into his nearby home.

Municipal Police were notified and Garcia was taken into custody without incident.

Can you imagine how popular he was in the city jail, wearing only a T-shirt and a towel? I imagine the cell bosses thought it was Christmas in June.