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Frontera burglary foiled [Illegals caught by armed Texas homeowner]
Del Rio News-Herald ^ | January 6, 2006 | Karen Gleason

Posted on 01/10/2006 1:04:09 PM PST by SwinneySwitch

Val Verde County Sheriff’s Office deputies and a U.S. Border Patrol agent have arrested a man and a boy after the two were found burglarizing a residence near the Mexico border.

In custody are a 15-year-old male juvenile who told officers he lived in Ciudad Acuña, Coah., Mexico, and Mario Leyva, 35, who said he lived in San Jose, Coah., Mexico, according to Val Verde County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Terry Simons.

“They had both crossed the river into the United States to steal that night,” Simons said Thursday in an interview about the incident.

Simons said the sheriff’s office received a call alerting deputies to a “burglary in progress” at a residence in the 2800 block of Frontera Road, on the east side of the Del Rio Port of Entry, about 11:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 3.

“Deputies Chris Coplan, David Garcia and Deputy Ramiro Reyes, who had just gotten off duty and was on his way home, all responded to the call,” Simons said.

“When the deputies arrived, they learned that the homeowner had returned home, found his front door ajar, had gone inside and confronted two burglars in his residence,” Simons added.

The homeowner, Jose Martinez, grabbed a .22-caliber rifle just inside the front door of the residence and was holding the burglars at bay when the deputies arrived, Simons said.

Leyva gave up immediately, but the 15-year-old boy, wearing a leather jacket he had taken from one of Martinez’s closets, fled out a window, Simons said.

The chief deputy said U.S. Border Patrol Agent Josh Barrett, who responded to the Frontera Road address to assist the deputies with the call, arrived at the residence and told the deputies he had just seen a person matching the description of the juvenile walking west toward the port of entry.

“Deputy Garcia and Agent Barrett went to the bridge, saw the subject walking toward Mexico and were able to apprehend him before he exited the United States,” Simons said.

Simons said Leyva has been charged with burglary of a habitation. Simons said Leyva remains in custody, adding that the Border Patrol also plans to prosecute him for illegally entering the United States.

Simons said the juvenile also will be prosecuted for his role in the break-in and is currently being held in juvenile detention.

“This is the way it’s supposed to work, officers at the field level talking to each other and working together for the benefit of the citizens,” Simons said.

He said the Border Patrol agent and the deputies recovered about $1,000 worth of property, including tools, four custom vehicle wheels and a leather jacket.


TOPICS: Mexico; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: aliens; armedcitizen; bang; banglist; border; borders; borderwar; delrio; illegalimmigrants; illegalimmigration; immigrantlist; rkba; txarmedcitizen; usmexicoborder; valverde
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(Reposted article from thread that was taken down on 01-07-06.)

"The homeowner, Jose Martinez, grabbed a .22-caliber rifle just inside the front door of the residence and was holding the burglars at bay when the deputies arrived, Simons said."

God bless Jose Martinez!

1 posted on 01/10/2006 1:04:11 PM PST by SwinneySwitch
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To: SwinneySwitch

"Run over to the jail house and get me the bullwhip." - Gene Hackman in "Unforgiven"


2 posted on 01/10/2006 1:05:27 PM PST by NRA1995 ("Go on....call for help....squeal....no one's gonna save you now!")
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To: stephenjohnbanker; BigTex5; Ann de IL; Sterco; voiceinthewind; calrighty; tall_tex; ...

Repeat Jose Martinez Ping!

Please FReepmail me if you want on or off this South Texas/Mexico ping list.


3 posted on 01/10/2006 1:07:49 PM PST by SwinneySwitch (Here's my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose. ~ Ronald Reagan)
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To: SwinneySwitch

He needs whatever blessings he can get...the ACLU will try to destroy him for pointing a weapon at one of their precious victim groups.


4 posted on 01/10/2006 1:12:52 PM PST by Pete98 (After his defeat by the Son of God, Satan changed his name to Allah and started over.)
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To: SwinneySwitch

http:www.icirr.com


5 posted on 01/10/2006 1:14:25 PM PST by chicagolady (Mexican Elite say: EXPORT Poverty Let the American Taxpayer foot the bill !)
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Now how is LULAC going to paint this Minuteman as an anti-immigration racist white supremacist when he has a name like Jose Martinez?


6 posted on 01/10/2006 1:14:33 PM PST by VRWCmember
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To: DaveLoneRanger

RKBA PING


7 posted on 01/10/2006 1:15:28 PM PST by Thunder90
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To: chicagolady

http://www.icirr.com


8 posted on 01/10/2006 1:16:06 PM PST by chicagolady (Mexican Elite say: EXPORT Poverty Let the American Taxpayer foot the bill !)
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To: SwinneySwitch; 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; 2Trievers; 3AngelaD; 3rdcanyon; 4Freedom; 4ourprogeny; ...
Click to see other threads related to illegal aliens in America
Click to FR-mail me for addition or removal

How cool is this? The Banglist and the Illegal Aliens list come together on one story...!

9 posted on 01/10/2006 1:17:51 PM PST by HiJinx (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Operation Valentine's Day ~ Serving Those Who Serve Us ~)
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To: SwinneySwitch
Jose Martinez violated these men's civil rights and human rights. The government of mejico will sue this xenophobic, racist, dangerous, armed man. sarcasm
10 posted on 01/10/2006 1:19:19 PM PST by gedeon3
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To: SwinneySwitch

Just committing the burglaries that Americans won't do!


11 posted on 01/10/2006 1:31:10 PM PST by TheBigB ("barry might make you want to conflate, but i need a tangible nexus here, people!"~~xsmommy)
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To: chicagolady

Was able to cut and paste.:^)

What did they say when you took the pictures of the flags on the floor?

The barbarians are way inside the gates!


12 posted on 01/10/2006 1:43:38 PM PST by SwinneySwitch (Here's my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose. ~ Ronald Reagan)
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To: SwinneySwitch

Thanks for the ping.


13 posted on 01/10/2006 2:18:33 PM PST by hispanarepublicana (Chuck Cooperstein is a tool.)
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To: VRWCmember
Now how is LULAC going to paint this Minuteman as an anti-immigration racist white supremacist when he has a name like Jose Martinez?

They'll just pass the hot potato over to the ACLU, and/or NAACP. The Brady Bunch will also chime in I'm sure.

14 posted on 01/10/2006 2:45:07 PM PST by El Gato (The Second Amendment is the Reset Button of the U.S. Constitution)
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To: HiJinx
< sarcasm > but the Gun-Nut, Vigilante, Racist, Bigots violated the poor Migrants Civil Rights! Quote unquote the ACLU. < / sarcasm >
16 posted on 01/10/2006 2:55:44 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: HiJinx

Protect our borders and coastlines from all foreign invaders!

Support our Minutemen Patriots!

Be Ever Vigilant ~ Bump!


17 posted on 01/10/2006 4:39:47 PM PST by blackie
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To: blackie

Just hang them.


18 posted on 01/10/2006 4:55:18 PM PST by jocko12
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To: SwinneySwitch

bump


19 posted on 01/10/2006 5:06:57 PM PST by hispanarepublicana (Chuck Cooperstein is a tool.)
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To: VRWCmember

They will call him a coconut. That is the less than flattering name they use on any Latino who does not agree with their racist, pro-Mexico rhetoric.


20 posted on 01/10/2006 7:03:36 PM PST by TxMMcofounder
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