Prosecutors: Jailed suspect ordered robbery of slain undercover officer[Texas illegals]

HOUSTON CHRONICLE ^ | June 25, 2009 | JAMES PINKERTON and DALE LEZON

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Policeman's killer, suspected accomplices appear to be illegal immigrants

The gunman who fatally shot a Houston police officer in the back before being gunned down by another officer during an undercover sting late Tuesday is believed to have been an illegal immigrant from Mexico, law enforcement officials said Wednesday.

Robert Rutt, agent in charge of the U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement office of criminal investigations in Houston, confirmed that Houston police had asked for assistance in determining the immigration status of the gunman shot to death in a drug store parking lot after officer Henry Canales, 42, was fatally wounded.

Preliminary autopsy results show Canales was shot in the back, prosecutors said today.

“Based purely on name and date of birth checks we ran, we find no records of him in our databases, and him being born in Mexico it appears he was here illegally,” Rutt said. “However, until we run his fingerprints through our system we cannot make a final determination.”

Rutt said a fingerprint check on three companions of the gunman — arrested shortly after Canales was slain — showed they are in the country illegally.

The Harris County District Attorney’s office identified the dead gunman as Roberto Pedroza-Carrillo, 37.

The district attorney’s office identified the two adults as Andres Nava-Maldonado, 41, and Xiomara Mendez-Rosales, 36. Both have been charged with capital murder and remain in the Harris County jail.

A magistrate judge denied bond to Nava-Maldonado and immigration officials placed a hold on him as well. His first district court appearance was set for Friday morning.

In a hearing this morning, prosecutors said that after Canales took money from the suspects around 9:40 p.m. Tuesday while posing as a crook selling a truckload of stolen televisions in a parking lot on Hillcroft near Bellaire, he signaled...

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"Gary Blankinship, president of the Houston Police Officers Union, said it was too early to link Canales’ death to the HPD’s long-standing policy of not inquiring about residents’ immigration status."

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"...the HPD’s long-standing policy of not inquiring about residents’ immigration status."

And how's that policy working out for the HPD?

Ass hats...

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Mexican consulate ping!

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Excuse me.

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place these two in the express lane when they get to Huntsville

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ping

[La Lydia]

Geez there are almost 1,000 comments on the Chron page and people are Pi**ED. The mayor better watch his back. A "no sanctuary" candidate could take him down. And if that happens, the police chief ought to go. What a flippin' mess they have made of that city. Here is one of the posts, and not even the strongest one, from their comments:

Who would have ever thought that Americans would be trapped in their houses hiding from crime and mindless foreign drunk drivers while our Government does nothing. Who would have believed that we would be forced to support them and that their language would be the dominant language in the city of Houston. That we would have to home school our children or work two jobs to pay for private school even though we pay school taxes. How shocked we would have been in the 1950's if we knew that someday foreigners would sneak in our country , murder our police officers and then we'd have to endure lectures on racism if we dare protest. There is no way this can end well. Americans will only endure this for so long before they revolt.