Posted on 05/08/2006 10:27:05 AM PDT by SwinneySwitch
Two illegal immigrants from Nuevo Laredo, accused of assaulting a woman with a screwdriver and stealing her purse Saturday, are now behind bars.
Police said the suspects, identified as 18-year-old Jose Antonio Vasquez-Torres and a 15-year-old juvenile, are now facing first-degree aggravated robbery charges. The two are accused of approaching a 27-year-old woman and demanding money from her Saturday at about 6:30 p.m.
Police said the woman was attacked as she made her way to her vehicle at the parking lot of of a store in the 5500 block of San Bernardo Avenue.
The two suspects attempted to snatch the victim's purse but were met with a struggle, police said.
It was then that the juvenile allegedly pulled out a screwdriver and threatened to stab her if she didn't let go, said case officer Thelma Hernandez.
Information provided by the victim and the quick response from three Laredo Police officers, Hernandez, David Carmona and Jesus G. Martinez, subsequently led to their capture.
The three officers split up and followed the suspects as they fled on foot.
Vasquez-Torres was detained near the canal in front of K-Mart. The juvenile was taken at gunpoint near Fuddrucker's restaurant, police said. Both suspects claimed to be juveniles.
Police said the two had illegally crossed the border together Saturday morning, and that one of them was picked up for shoplifting in Laredo last week.
(Celina Alvarado can be reached at 728-2566 or celina@lmtonline.com)
Family values and all that you know........
ping
Just doing the mugging and robbing Americans don't want to do, ya know.
Didn't you know the REAL purpose federal military as envisioned by the writers of the Constitution was to send them 7200 miles across the globe into the middle east and topple governments?
Not to defend the nation's borders against miscreants and invaders.... </sarcasm>
I think we need more than a fence, we need a new canal from the atlantic to the pacific. Fast moving water and a fence with barbed wire in the middle
Los Dos Laredos Ping!
Paging Alcalde Flores y Presidente Bush!
Undocumented loans?
You forgot about the mountains, ASH71.
And then electrify the fence.
Hard working immigrants. Yeah, right....
Build The Wall Now, George!
'shot on sight ' would fix this overnight.
When are we American who are mad as hell over stories like this AND the total lack of border security going to have our own march?
Seriously, I think we ought to pick a day and demonstrate, letting the bozos in Washington know we're serious and that WE VOTE! I don't know about you all, but I'm tired of being ignored. They can work out details of a guest worker program later. I WANT THE BORDERS SECURED NOW!
Yeah a mountain on thier side and another electric fence on ours. With the river of salt water and sharks
Interesting idea. That would put the Panama canal out of business.
The entire canal should be a couple of miles inland on the US side of the border so that we don't share control and commerce with the Mexicans and it will also give us a land buffer, we'd still need the fence along the border.
The illegals ( and Mexican nationals ) could help build it as "guest workers" and that would be the only work they'd be allowed to do in this country. It would keep them busy for 20 years or so.
Can we have a HIV+, green-toothed hoardes of naked, shrieking men turned loose on the border, please?
Are these guys eligible for amnesty?
I guess the MSM are right. These undocumented immigrants are losing their fear.
We need a 2 million man march on the White House for 48 hours.
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