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Suspects in murder of Border Patrol agent arrested and deported numerous times
Fox News ^ | August 5, 2014 | Jana Winter

Posted on 08/05/2014 1:39:35 PM PDT by jazusamo

RAYMONDVILLE, Texas -- Two illegal immigrants from Mexico who were charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of an off-duty U.S. Border Patrol agent in front of his family in Texas have been arrested and deported numerous times, police sources told FoxNews.com.

One suspect has been arrested no fewer than four times for entering the U.S. illegally, according to federal court records. The other has been deported twice after entering the U.S. illegally, sources said.

Gustavo Tijerina, 30, and Ismael Hernandez, 40, were arraigned Tuesday afternoon inside the Willacy County jail library. They were ordered held without bail after being charged with capital murder of a peace officer, attempted murder, and a variety of lesser charges.

The pair, who have been living in Texas illegally, confessed after being interviewed multiple times Monday to killing Border Patrol agent Javier Vega Jr. in front of his wife and two kids and his parents Sunday night while they were fishing in Santa Monica, Sheriff Larry Spence told FoxNews.com.

They finally confessed to the robbery and indicated they knew they had killed someone, but did not know it was an off-duty Border Patrol agent, Spence said in an interview in his office Tuesday morning.

"They do now," he said.

When asked how the suspects reacted when they learned the victim was a Border Patrol agent, Spence said, "shock and concern."

The sheriff said the two suspects were likely connected to cartels or other criminal gangs.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: agent; agentjaviervega; aliens; borderpatrol; borderpatrolagent; borderwars; deportation; hernandez; illegals; murder; texas; tijerina
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To: molson209

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21 posted on 08/05/2014 2:13:25 PM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: jazusamo

These “wanna-be” Americans now will use their Mexican citizenship to their advantage. The Mexican Govt. will advocate for them and the death penalty will be off the table.


22 posted on 08/05/2014 2:31:47 PM PDT by machogirl
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To: GraceG

Do you have a particular altitude in mind?


23 posted on 08/05/2014 3:49:26 PM PDT by B4Ranch (Name your illness, do a Google & YouTube search with "hydrogen peroxide". Do it and be surprised.)
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To: B4Ranch

Do you have a particular altitude in mind?

25,000ft to 35,000ft somewhwere in there, if it is too high and they may pass out on the way down we can lower to 5,000ft to 10,000ft....


24 posted on 08/05/2014 3:52:10 PM PDT by GraceG (No, My Initials are not A.B.)
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