Posted on 04/21/2011 12:57:08 PM PDT by massmike
In what appears to be yet another case of the Mexican Government orchestrating a fake crime against one of their drug smuggling criminals hauling dope into the U.S., Border Patrol Agent Jesus Diaz, a 7-year Border Patrol veteran, was convicted in Federal Court on February 24 of one count of excessive force (under color of law) and 5 counts of lying to Internal Affairs. He is facing a maximum of 35 years in prison when he is sentenced in November. Meanwhile, he’s been in jail since the verdict nearly two months ago. He’s in solitary confinement 23 hours per day for his safety. So far, the judge has refused to allow bond while Diaz awaits sentencing.
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I guess this is one way for the commie ‘RATS to boost their voter base. Throw all of the border patrol guys in jail.
Since when does the mexican government tell us what to do?
At a loss for words. What a miscarriage of “justice.”
For some reason, the article doesn't go into particulars about those charges.
Diaz was tried in September 2010, but the case ended in a mistrial. The DOJ tried the case again in February 2011 and this time they got their conviction, even though federal agent witnesses admitted they had lied to a grand jury. The judge did not allow the fact that they had committed perjury into the second trial.
Last reference in Wiki is that he's working for/with/under/over a law firm in Austin called: Ashcroft Sutton Ratcliffe, LLC in Austin, Texas.
Their URL is: http://www.ashcroftgroupllc.com/ourteam/johnny-sutton/
All I can figure out about these guys is they must represent the interests of large agribusiness that is highly dependent on cheap Mexican labor. Or, maybe they represent dopers.
This Ashcroft fellow ought to come out to his and tell us how he could be involved in slavery and be a Republican. Long over due for some show and tell.
http://www.ashcroftgroupllc.com/ourteam/johnny-sutton/
RINOs do take care of one another.
At least since Gringo Jorge Bush took office, probably longer.
Johnny Sutton is good friend of GW and during the Ramos and Campeon atrocity Bush backed Sutton 100%. I thought Sutton should have been prosecuted.
I think that really high up we have an agreement with Mexico to keep the border open so the illegals can come here get work and send money back home and also the drug trade is being allowed by both sides. Otherwise why would the Mexican govt care what we do to drug dealers? They should be relieved if we catch them and double tap them on the spot. ( My personal approach ).
I’ll ask again: what about those charges that Diaz lied to investigators?
Democrats fight for their principles - as twisted and perverse as they may be. Establishment Republicans sell out to the highest bidder.
It also happened during Georgie Bush. Remember? Two great folks went to jail for trying to guard our country. Thank you, Georgie.
Today, it’s Monkey see monkey do.
“It’s deja vu all over again.”
When did John Ashcroft become a RINO?
Skip it. you and I both know that some libtard judge would step in, assrape justice, and let the bastard off.
Take heart,though. After these fires, there may still be trees in Texas, and rope's still cheap.
Oh. Wait. Since GW, we're all "kinder and gentler" now, huh. My bad.
Back to your lives, citizens; nothing to see, here.
An oldie but still applicable IMO
By their accounts, Agent Jesus Enrique Diaz Jr., a husband and father with seven years on the job, tortured a 16-year-old drug smuggler two years ago by wrenching his handcuffed arms upward as he pressed a knee into his back. In an effort to make the boy reveal where he had hidden marijuana bundles near the Rio Grande, Diaz also kicked him and dropped him face-first on the ground, agents testified.BTW, the mistrial was not, as implied, because of a hung jury or doubt as to a conviction:No one stopped the alleged assault as the 110-pound juvenile screamed, but some agents talked afterward about the "disgust" they felt and reported it. "I knew that what he was doing was wrong," Agent Gabriel Lerma testified.
Diaz denies the allegations — he is also charged with lying to investigators — and the case ended in mistrial Thursday because a juror was taking notes in violation of the judge's instruction. A retrial is planned, and Diaz remains on unpaid suspension.
I have no idea who is telling the truth here -- of course, we haven't even been told what the pro-Diaz side is in this article, so it was pretty much just a "hey, this is horrible, believe me" article.
If this is a typical discussion, people will claim that we need to back our border patrol agents, while also claiming that any border patrol agent who testified against Diaz is bad. I don't know which border patrol agents to believe.
If the LA Times story is to be believed, there are at least some BP agents who are doing bad things:
In the last 18 months, five Border Patrol agents have been accused or convicted of sex crimes, including one agent who pleaded guilty in January to raping a woman while off duty, and another who is accused of sexually assaulting a migrant while her young children were nearby in a car.
It's difficult to search for information on these cases once the pro-border-patrol-enforcement crowd gets a hold of the stories, since they have dozens of blogs and they all post the same stories and so it can take pages of searching in google to find some local news information.
It would be nice if someone had written up a daily synopsis of the trial, or at least had a brief explaining what Diaz is claiming.
Here's the last bit from the LA Times story:
The teenage alleged victim in the Diaz case testified that he was paid $250 to smuggle a backpack filled with marijuana over the Rio Grande into Eagle Pass, Texas, on Oct. 16, 2008. The teen initially denied carrying drugs.
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The teen's hands were cuffed behind his back and he was face down in the grass when Diaz began forcing his arms up at a 90-degree angle to his back, agents said. They said the boy made no attempt to flee or resist."You could tell he was in pain. He was screaming," Lerma testified.
Court records in the case say Diaz was accused of abusing a detainee in 2005, though they don't say what came of the accusation.
It does bother me that the article in this thread dismisses the "pulling by the handcuffs" by claiming that method is used to get guys into the trucks, without ever saying that Diaz claimed that was why he did it. That suggests to me that Dias did NOT make such a claim, which would mean the author of the story is trying to paint a false picture -- which suggests the information isn't reliable.
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