Stories relating to border control that make you go HMMMM?
Implies that he "blew his brains out - while driving". While not impossible, certainly weird that he would not have pulled off the road to attend to this business, or not even have been on the way to said meeting.
The Federal Government's top Immigration Official in Arizona found dead in his car had committed suicide.
Thomas Derouchey's autopsy results were released Wednesday. He was found dead Tuesday after his car ran off Interstate 10 near Marana. He had a gunshot wound to the head.
Derouchey was on his way to Tucson news conference announcing a new Federal Border Control Initiative.
I.C.E. released a statement Tuesday afternoon, "It is with great sadness that the ICE family announces the death of special agent Thomas DeRouchey, interim special agent in charge of ICE's Phoenix office. Our prayers and condolences go out to his family and friends in time of this great loss."
wow..do you have an article about that?
Thomas DeRouchey was an interim special agent charged with dismantling violent criminal operations associated with immigrant smuggling.
A googled source reports on Mr. DeRouchey's own description of just how bad these people are. They had just killed four people. "This tragic incident underscores how ruthless and violent organized smuggling has become," said Thomas DeRouchey, Special Agent-in-Charge of investigations in Phoenix. "The smugglers' only motive is money. They don't care about the human cost. " (November 5, 2003)
I don't know the outcome. Has it been proven beyond doubt that he "blew his brains out - while driving?"
Consider the consequences of a shooting death of a federal marshall in Idaho. Dozens of federal agents were dispatched with "rules of engagement" that authorized shooting any adult that moved -- even if they were holding an infant.
Ditto Waco, Texas.
Now this. No gun battle. Just a federal a agent who "blew his brains out - while driving?"
Dozens of federal agents send condolences to family and friends of Mr. DeRouchey.
"Friends and family of an INS special agent say they are baffled by Thomas DeRouchey's suicide," says another googled source. (March 19, 2004)
They are not alone.