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Suspects escape by crashing through border checkpoint [South Texas]
The Brownsville Herald ^ | November 18, 2005 | Sergio Chapa

Posted on 11/18/2005 3:19:00 PM PST by SwinneySwitch

— Suspects in a Thursday morning convenience store robbery evaded capture during a high-speed chase by making a run for Mexico and crashing through a border checkpoint, according to a Brownsville police report.

According the report, two men walked into a Circle K convienence store near Boca Chica Boulevard and Owens Road at 3:16 a.m. Thursday.

The two men allegedly held up the clerk using a large knife and a screwdriver. They took $15 from the register, two packs of cigarettes and the keys to the clerk’s brown 1999 Ford Windstar.

The suspects fled the scene in the mini-van but were chased by police at speeds up to 90 mph from Four Corners and down East 14th Street, the report stated.

The mini-van turned on East Elizabeth Street and scattered a crowd of armed U.S. Customs agents and Cameron County Sheriff’s deputies before crashing through a toll booth barricade at the Gateway International Bridge, the report stated.

The suspects fled into Mexico and were described as Hispanic males in their 20s with dark hair and eyes.

No arrests were reported at press time, but the report shows that the clerk’s mini-van has Texas license plates 254-CXG.

Anyone with information about the mini-van or the suspects is asked to call the Brownsville Crime Stoppers Hotline at (956) 546-TIPS.

Man accused of stabbing wife in stomach

A San Benito man remained in custody after he allegedly stabbed his wife in the stomach during an early Saturday morning domestic disturbance.

Jail records show that Joseph Arturo Ybarra was arrested on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Cameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio said Ybarra got into an argument with his wife and stabbed her in the stomach with a kitchen knife.

Lucio said the woman was taken to the Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen with the knife still in her stomach. The hospital said she was treated and released.

Deputies arrested Ybarra at the couple’s home.

Jail records show that Ybarra remains in custody under a $20,000 bond.

Police briefs are compiled by Herald reporter Sergio Chapa


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Mexico; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: aliens; borderwar; dowdydoody; immigrantlist
"The mini-van turned on East Elizabeth Street and scattered a crowd of armed U.S. Customs agents and Cameron County Sheriff’s deputies before crashing through a toll booth barricade at the Gateway International Bridge, the report stated."
1 posted on 11/18/2005 3:19:03 PM PST by SwinneySwitch
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To: 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; 2Trievers; 3AngelaD; 4Freedom; 4ourprogeny; 7.62 x 51mm; A CA Guy; ...

ping


2 posted on 11/18/2005 3:20:04 PM PST by gubamyster
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To: SwinneySwitch

When they got a little bit out of civilization, why didn't a helicopter shoot at them, did they have American hostages or what?

Why not shoot to kill at these people?


3 posted on 11/18/2005 3:23:54 PM PST by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: SwinneySwitch

BTTT


4 posted on 11/18/2005 3:24:13 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Tagline Repair Service. Let us fix those broken Taglines. Inquire within(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: SwinneySwitch

........robbing the stores Americans won't rob..........


5 posted on 11/18/2005 3:24:56 PM PST by shooter223 (the government should fear the citizens......not the other way around)
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To: SwinneySwitch

It proves a point, doesn't it? I mean, how many Americans will settle for $15 and a couple of packs of smokes in exchange for an exciting international escape?


6 posted on 11/18/2005 3:25:47 PM PST by Emmett McCarthy
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To: SwinneySwitch
Police briefs are compiled by Herald reporter Sergio Chapa

Serg, you need a new hobby.

7 posted on 11/18/2005 3:26:22 PM PST by mtbopfuyn (Legality does not dictate morality... Lavin)
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To: SwinneySwitch
the clerk’s mini-van has had Texas license plates 254-CXG
8 posted on 11/18/2005 3:28:03 PM PST by mtbopfuyn (Legality does not dictate morality... Lavin)
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To: tall_tex; Not a 60s Hippy; phatoldphart; Texas WOP; Adrastus; Moiraine; Dan12180; jagusafr; ...
Swinging Door Ping!

Please FReepmail me if you want on or off this South Texas/Mexico ping list.
9 posted on 11/18/2005 3:56:17 PM PST by SwinneySwitch (Terroristas-beyond your expectations!)
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To: Emmett McCarthy
It proves a point, doesn't it? I mean, how many Americans will settle for $15 and a couple of packs of smokes in exchange for an exciting international escape?

Hey there, let's not forget they also made off with a 1999 Ford Windstar. Woohoo!

10 posted on 11/18/2005 4:07:11 PM PST by DumpsterDiver
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To: A CA Guy

That's a very congested area. This isn't the first time a chase has gone to Mexico.


11 posted on 11/18/2005 4:09:23 PM PST by CindyDawg
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To: DumpsterDiver

Well, they were hopin' for a "Chebbie"


12 posted on 11/18/2005 4:17:27 PM PST by Emmett McCarthy
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To: SwinneySwitch
...scattered a crowd of armed U.S. Customs agents and Cameron County Sheriff’s deputies before crashing through a toll booth barricade...

What the f**&? No shots fired? Digital nasal blockage?

13 posted on 11/18/2005 4:26:41 PM PST by no-s
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To: gubamyster

Protect our borders and coastlines from all foreign invaders!

Support our Minutemen Patriots!

Be Ever Vigilant ~ Bump!


14 posted on 11/18/2005 4:41:14 PM PST by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: SwinneySwitch

If I ran the USA our Border Patrol would be equipped with RPGs and rockets to take out such desperadoes. Mexicans think we're a bunch of pussies. Such border crashing was never done a few years ago. Wasn't done when Bill Clinton was president

Their respect for America has fallen under GWBush. He lets these bums issue their own Mexican ID cards here- called Matricula consular. Illegal immigration has risen during GW's years. The country club elites/ cheap labor lobby have zero respect for American sovereignty. As little as the illegal alien Mexicans/Central Americans do


15 posted on 11/18/2005 4:51:27 PM PST by dennisw (You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you - Bob Dylan)
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The suspects fled into Mexico and were described as Hispanic males in their 20s with dark hair and eyes.

That sure narrows it down...

16 posted on 11/18/2005 10:50:33 PM PST by janetgreen
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To: SwinneySwitch
before crashing through a toll booth barricade

I am thinking that they should consider 6" I-beams for their barricade arms.

17 posted on 11/18/2005 11:08:26 PM PST by SC Swamp Fox (Aim small, miss small.)
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To: janetgreen

Here's the hot off the presses wanted poster for them

18 posted on 11/19/2005 6:43:34 AM PST by dennisw (You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you - Bob Dylan)
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To: janetgreen
And it's still "racial profiling" according to these creatures' defenders.

Q:What's brown and black and red all over?

19 posted on 11/19/2005 8:04:46 AM PST by NewRomeTacitus (Silly rabbit - rights are for citizens!)
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