Posted on 02/12/2003 9:39:42 AM PST by chance33_98
Teenager Shot By Drug Agents Dies
14-Year-Old Taken Off Life-Support
Posted: 8:51 a.m. CST February 12, 2003
SAN ANTONIO -- A teenage girl who was shot by Drug Enforcement Administration agents died Tuesday night at Wilford Hall Medical Center.
Ashley Villarreal (pictured, left), 14, was taken off life-support equipment after she was declared brain dead from a gunshot wound she suffered to the back of her head late Sunday night.
DEA officials and San Antonio police officials said that agents fired four rounds at a car Villarreal was driving because the vehicle was speeding toward them and they suspected the girl's father, a suspected drug dealer, was in the vehicle trying to get away. Joey Angel Villarreal, who was the subject of surveillance that night, was not in the car with his daughter. He ended up turning himself in to authorities Monday.
"It was no mistake," said Daniel Robles, a family friend who was in the car with the teen. "It was no accident."
Robles said the agents were not wearing rain gear during the surveillance and claimed that they allegedly boxed in Villarreal's car and opened fire.
"These are professionals," Robles said. "There's nothing professional about this."
Law officers declined to respond to Robles' version or to discuss details of the case Tuesday, citing a pending investigation.
Robles, who was with family members when they said they last goodbyes to the teen, said he promised her that his version of the story will come out.
"Ashley's dead. They took her life. Nothing's gonna bring it back," Robles said.
The cops are never wrong in DaneWorld,
The father wasn't even in the car. What did the girl do to justify death at the hands of the DEA?
Oh that's right, her father was a drug dealer, she must have been guilty of something.
Of course the JBT's will be geting a two week "vacation" with pay, and probably a medal or two.
Keep cheering the cops, Dane.
Well, it's obvious isn't it. She was driving the car towards the (disguised) police at a great rate of speed, and was sitting behind the wheel on her knees facing the back of the car. She was reaching behind her to hold the wheel, and was looking out the back window the whole time. She must have had a leg stretched back in a manner to press on the gas.
She must have been sitting like that, because I'm sure nobody would ever knowingly shoot her from behind.
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DEA officials and San Antonio police officials said that agents fired four rounds at a car Villarreal was driving because the vehicle was speeding toward them
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Murderers!
Note that the father was not in the vehicle.
And you just keeping cheering those "peaceful" and pacifist drug dealers.
Did it ever occur to you that people in that neighborhood are the ones who called the cops. Oh yeah those nibby nose statist jack booted thugs neighbors who care that their families live in a good neighborhood.
That's the thing you "holier than thou" Libertarians can't stand is that the DEA was their because of the complaints of the neighbors.
The DEA thugs murdered a 14 year old gal.
Did you ever hear of any citizen calling the DEA? I sure haven't.
Yeah, it was real "professional", like in "The Godfather". A real pro hit. This was murder, plain and simple.
I'm suprised they didn't shoot the Dell guy during his drug bust. Smoke a joint and face death. I guess the NYPD doesn't have the balls of those tough-guy federal agents. It takes a real man to murder a child. Your tax dollars at work. Truly revolting.
Sorry about that, I was trying to post this while my daughter was handing me a baby doll to make dance for her. Hard to keep things consistent with a 2 yr old around! Thanks for pointing out the lack of link!
Well if Weikal hasn't heard about a citizen concerned about his/her neighborhood calling the DEA, then it must have never happened.
Are you really that self-centered.
Cars have tires. Guns can shoot them out. Children have skulls. Bullets can blast them away. They made their choice. Lethal force was not called for. Murder or manslaughter charges are called for now.
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