Illegal gets 51 years for shooting deputies

East Valley Tribune ^ | 6/21/2005 | Gary Grado

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An illegal immigrant from Mexico was sentenced Monday to 51 years in prison for wounding two Maricopa County sheriff's deputies in a shootout in December.

Prosecutors sought a 63-year sentence for Jorge Guerra-Vargas, who said in Maricopa County Superior Court that he fired on a seven member Special Weapons and Tactics team noy knowing they were cops.

"I thought they were thieves. I was scared," Vargas said through an interpeter.

Vargas pleaded guilty May 2 to three counts of aggravated assault.

A sheriff's SWAT unit was serving a search warrant Dec. 16 at a trailer home in a county in Mesa when Vargas opened fire with a 9 mm handgun after the unit busted in and threw open a curtain used as a room divider.

Sean Pearce, son of Rep. Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, was shot in the stomach and Lew Argetsinger was shot in the hand. Rod Jackson was shot in the chest, but his body armor stopped the bullet.

[EagleUSA]

This is OK, at least as far as Washington is concerned -- illegals are job security for our police forces -- I wonder if shooting the police officers was one of those jobs "that Americans won't do.."??

[BurbankKarl]

get a rope

[datura]

At least he'll be doing his time in Maricopa County.......Too bad the taxpayers have to pay for this __cker for 51 years though.

[DoughtyOne]

He'll probably be out on parole in 14 months. Okay, okay, three years...

I hope it's the reverse, something like 217 years.

[Sundown2005]

Good riddance.

[HiJinx]

"I thought they were thieves. I was scared,"

MCSO officers may look like a lot of things, but 'thieves' isn't one of them.

[A CA Guy]

A good third of our prisons in California are filled with illegals who did criminal violent acts.

This new addition to the illegal population in prison comes as NO SURPRISE.

[kublia khan]

Illegal or not when someone busts into your house you have the right to shoot back. Illegal immigration don't make illegal search and seizure right.

[ml/nj]

I'd give him 51 minutes.

ML/NJ

[Theo]

You're right. It doesn't seem to be a simple "he's illegal and shot a cop he's bad" scenario.

That said, I hate illegal behavior, even if it's done by "those who do jobs fully-human people don't want to do."

[SandRat]

and his last optometry visit was when???????

[Eaker]

Illegal immigration don't make illegal search and seizure right.

Where did it say it was an illegal search n00b?

[kublia khan]

after the unit busted in I think that pretty much says it all.

[em2vn]

Serving a warrant says even more.

[kublia khan]

If they are coming to serve a warrant they have the right to bust in? I'm sorry I know that is being done now quite frequently but I do not agree with it. I believe it endangers enforcement officers, innocent civilians and undermines the law enforcement professions credibility with the very people they are sworn to protect and serve. I think we are going to remain in disagreement over this one.

[in the Arena]

Read this and see if you still feel the same...

http://www.alipac.us/article125.html

[Eaker]

Well, kublia khan

What is your whine now?

[kublia khan]

It appears that the warrant was executed properly. My apologies I made my judgment based on the information I had which was obviously incomplete. The more complete story only raises one question why is the perp still breathing?

[Eaker]

Sorry I didn't ping you on my post# 18.

The more complete story only raises one question why is the perp still breathing?

I like the way yer thinking now!!