But you seem to have no trouble stating such as fact, do you?
"...but I did read that that was his reasoning for radioing that the van was suspected of having illegal drugs, as opposed to illegal aliens or just bad driving or whatever else."
You must be getting your info from World Nut Job Daily, like most of the other R&C "supporters". Compean testified there was an alert from one of their motion sensors, went to investigate and saw a blue mini van leaving the area "at a high rate of speed". This part of the testimony peeked my interest because we all know it is cutomary for illegal alien drug mules with 700 lbs. of narcotics in the back of a van to leave the scene of the drop off speeding and kicking up clouds of dust to alert any LEO within a couple miles of their presence and location (sarcasm off).
When the van was picked up in town, it turned out to be a full size grey van, not a light blue mini, so those agents couldn't even be sure it was the same vehicle. When Compean heard this, he headed for the south side of the levee road at Jess Harris. This is Compeans total involvement up until the van reached the levee area.
Try reading the transcripts instead of relying on quazi tabloid rags like WNJD.
Actually I have personally witnessed many illegal alien drug smugglers do just that, have even seen some of them pile up in a heap. If they even suspect LEO is onto them they absolutely do flee at a high rate of speed, dirt or not and Lord have mercy on anyone in their path. Most are convinced they can outrun LEO back to Mexico, and usually they are right. We could solve this if we had an agreement with Mexico that our LEO could do hot pursuit across the border- since they are such dear friends you would think they would allow that.
“You must be getting your info from World Nut Job Daily,”
No I do not get my information from them.
Here is another example of how you presume the what is most likely according to you, and you are wrong.
“Compean testified there was an alert from one of their motion sensors, went to investigate and saw a blue mini van leaving the area “at a high rate of speed”.
“When the van was picked up in town, it turned out to be a full size grey van, not a light blue mini, so those agents couldn’t even be sure it was the same vehicle.”
Here is the testimony:
“Volume 2013.pdf
Compean testimony starting on page 144.
16 Q. All right. So now you’re up on the levee. What do you do
17 then?
18 A. I was just watching the area with my binoculars. I just
19 kept watching.
20 Q. And what do you see next?
21 A. I don’t remember if I heard — there was sensor activation,
22 and it — the 76 port 1.
23 Q. How do you know there was sensor activation?
24 A. Through sector communications. They were calling out a
25 sensor taking hits.
David A. Perez, CSR, RPR
Compean - Direct by Mr. Antcliff 145
1 Q. Okay. Did you hear it over the radio?
2 A. Yes, sir, I did.
3 Q. I see. And what do you do when you hear that?
4 A. I began to look north of that area. That’s the area I had
5 already been watching.
6 Q. And do you see anything?
7 A. Not at first. Approximately 15 to 20 seconds later I saw
8 what looked like a blue van leaving the area pretty fast.
9 Q. And what did you do in response to that?
10 A. I then called it out on the radio to the other agents.
11 Q. What did you call out?
12 A. I believe I called out a blue van leaving the 76 area at a
13 high rate of speed, or going fast. I don’t remember the exact
14 words.
15 Q. Were there other agents working in the Fabens station, or
16 sector, whatever it’s called, that day?
17 A. Yes, sir, there was.
18 Q. And so what did you expect would happen in response to your
19 call?
20 A. I expected them to start heading towards my area —
21 Q. Okay.
22 A. — to assist.
23 Q. Did you hear any radio traffic after you make that call?
24 A. Yes, sir, I did.
25 Q. What do you hear?
David A. Perez, CSR, RPR
Compean - Direct by Mr. Antcliff 146
1 A. I believe the first person I heard was Agent Juarez. I
2 believe he mentioned he was near the — near the Martinez
3 orchard. I don’t remember exactly. But he said he was headed
4 that way.
5 Q. Did you call out a minivan?
6 A. No, sir, I did not.
7 Q. Okay. Where do you go, from your position on the levee,
8 after you see the van?
9 A. The first thing I did, as soon as I called out the blue van
10 leaving the area, after I got a response, I then switched my
11 radio to — to direct. And then I gave them a better
12 description of the vehicle. I — I told them it was going to
13 be a light blue van, maybe a gray van, but it was going to be a
14 full-sized van.”
Compean did NOT refer to the van as a mini van.
Also, I have seen a number of vehicles that look one color in the sunlight and another in the shade, or at night. Gray to blue or blue to gray is not unusual.