Texan says he entered North Korea illegally, slamming U.S.

CBS News ^ | December 14, 2014 | The Associated Press

[Bettyprob]

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea on Sunday presented to the media an American man who says he illegally crossed into the country but has not been put into custody and is seeking asylum in Venezuela.

Arturo Pierre Martinez, 29, of El Paso, Texas, said he entered North Korea by crossing the river border with China. Details of how and when he got into the country were not immediately clear.

In his comments to reporters, Martinez strongly criticized the U.S. for alleged human rights violations.

"The illegal war carried out against the nation of Iraq serves as a perfect example of how the U.S. government acts like a Mafia enterprise by criminally plundering entire nations of their resources, strategic reserves and economies ... without a code of ethics," he said, according to USA Today.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Weird story. Sounds like the boy has crossed a border before.

[Theoria]

Are they stick tubes up his a$$?

[molson209]

Will be castrated before he’s allowed to stay ?

[lowbridge]

“Texan says he entered North Korea illegally”

So is he demanding in state tuition from the north koreans? Food stamps? Free medical care? Amnesty?

[Scrambler Bob]

Martinez, huh.

Let’s get some publicity on this.

Get the coyotes to transport customers to NK.

[Politicalkiddo]

Yup, because China, North Korea, and Venezuela are the epitome of countries concerned with upholding human rights. Give me a break.

It would truly be a shame if this nutcase became dog chow. /s

[ConservativeMind]

Sounds like someone who has experience illegally crossing borders.

It’s probably easier to get into the U.S., though.

[hal ogen]

He was probably an illegal alien here who didn’t get his EBT card quick enough and felt disrespected. What a traitor...and loser.

[unlearner]

Does he not realize that he can criticize our government without needing to be somewhere else?

And of all the places on the planet to criticize the US for human rights abuses, he chose the worst.

But I suppose he did get his 15 seconds.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Kimphone?

[MUDDOG]

It’s the Olympics of border crossing.

[holyscroller]

From the article: "Martinez's mother, Patricia Eugenia Martinez of El Paso, told CNN that her son was bipolar and earlier had tried to enter North Korea by swimming across a river, but was stopped and shipped back to the United States, where he was placed in a California psychiatric hospital."

He's a nut case! Why give him any publicity for his insane ravings? He's bi-polar and as nutty as a fruitcake.

[22202NOVA]

Hey! I like fruitcake!

[hadaclueonce]

Why should I care?

I know the dying MSM looking for any story cares, but I don’t

[MAKOTHEDOG]

Arturo Pierre Martinez, enjoy the fine cuisine that N. Korea has to offer.

[unixfox]

Arturo Pierre Martinez, 29, of El Paso, Texas

Doesn't sound Texan to me.

[Celtic Conservative]

Yes, the border between sanity and insanity.

CC

[Beave Meister]

“In his comments to reporters, Martinez strongly criticized the U.S. for alleged human rights violations.”

He is about to discover the meaning of “Human Rights Violations” while in North Korea.