Posted on 01/08/2011 2:22:59 PM PST by Kimberly GG
"U.S. Marshal for Arizona David Gonzales confirmed to the Associated Press that U.S. District Judge John Roll died in the attack Saturday."
(Excerpt) Read more at silive.com ...
Here is how Huffpo is reporting:
....."Arizona Central talked to Gonzales in 2009 after Roll allowed a $32 million civil-rights lawsuit to proceed against a local rancher. The case was filed by illegal immigrants and drew the ire of local talk radio hosts, who "spurred audiences into making threats."
In one afternoon, Roll logged more than 200 phone calls. Callers threatened the judge and his family. They posted personal information about Roll online.
"They said, 'We should kill him. He should be dead,' " Gonzales said.
Both Roll and his wife were given a U.S. Marshals Service protection detail at the time. Roll called the month-long protection experience "unnerving and invasive." According to Arizona Central, authorities identified four men believed to be responsible for the threats, but Roll declined to press charges at the recommendation of the Marshals Service."
Wasn't this the case that the illegal immigrants were awarded ranch of American citizen?
RIP.
Roll was a 1991 GHW Bush guy. Watch Odumbo appoint a COMMIE!
Pretty sad that the only thing the Huffington Post and all the Lib blogs have to say about the guy’s death is to politicize it over un-acted upon threats that had likely nothing to do with his murder at the hands of a deranged left-leaning individual.
R.I.P.
DEA Press Release:
FUGITIVE EXTRADITED FROM MEXICO TO FACE TRIAL
Dec 15-Tuscon, Arz- Victor Flores, 51, was extradited to the U.S. from Hermosillo, Mexico and had his initial appearance before Magistrate Judge Marshall on Tuesday, December 14. The defendent will be detained until his trial on February 8, 2011 in front of Chief Judge John Roll.
Flores was to face trial in 2001 on cocaine charges related to a Naco, Ariz. drug tunnel that the defendents used to smuggle 20 tons of cocaine from its inception in 1996 until May 1999 when the tunnel was discovered.
Flores is charged in seven counts of the indictment with a variety of drug and gun violations and he is alleged to have possessed, with intent to distribute, over 6,660 lbs of cocaine. An additional count alleges that he possessed three fully automatic machine guns to guard the load.
“The defendent fled to Mexico thinking that he was beyond the reach of this country’s justice system and that he would not have to stand trial for his conduct. He was wrong on both counts. This extradition brings a defendent to Arizona to stand trial and marks a significant milestone in dismantling one of the largest border drug schemes in Arizona,” said U.S. Attorney Dennis K. Burke. “This defendent’s extradition is evidence of that the partnerships between the U.S. and Mexico are working and that we are together gaining ground against violent drug trafficking organization.”
This was a Mexican Drug Cartel ‘HIT’ on U.S. District Judge John Roll.
MAY HE REST IN PEACE.
“This was a Mexican Drug Cartel ‘HIT’ on U.S. District Judge John Roll.”
I don’t see how a hit could have been planned/carried out as Judge Roll, from what I’ve read, just happened to be doing grocery shopping at the time and stopped by to say hello.
What are your arguements that it was a Mexican hit?
I see many reasons, but what are yours?
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