Posted on 07/01/2018 10:59:22 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Colorado authorities arrested an illegal immigrant Saturday for allegedly starting a string of wildfires in the state that have consumed more than 40,000 acres and has not yet been contained.
Jesper Joergensen was apprehended after the announcement was made at a community meeting, the Costilla County Sheriff’s Office confirmed. Joergensen is not a U.S. citizen and will be given to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after he faces arson charges, a Costilla County official said at the meeting.
An investigation from the Costilla County Sheriff’s Office with assistance from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Colorado State Patrol (CSP) and ICE ultimately led officials to Joergensen. It is not yet clear what nationality he holds.
“The initial cause of the fire was human caused,” the sheriff’s department said in a Facebook post. Local reports show the fire has grown 41,292 acres and is zero percent contained. The Costilla County Board of Supervisors has meanwhile declared the affected areas a disaster.
“As you can see by the plumes behind us, it’s not a great day for firefighting,” one official said during a news conference addressing the dry conditions and extreme heat that swept across Colorado.
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I believe your hunch is correct.
I’m watching the Croatia-Denmark World Cup match and, just about the time that I started reading this article, I saw a player on the Danish team with “Jorgensen” on the back of his jersey.
You are right.
Don’t the libs care about all the CO2 this would be democrat has put into the atmosphere!?
Starting fires that Americans won’t do.
If his children were burned up in the fire he started, the media would blame Trump.
Environmentalists, where you at?
The photo shows what looks like a passenger airliner (all those windows) dumping flame retardant. Okay I didn’t know they did that. Converted to that use, perhaps.
an illegal grower burning out a rival illegal grower. Likely not a Swede.
He’s Mexican, right? Salvadoran?
No. He's been separated from his parents.
Since he's illegal, I think the country he hails from should pay USA for the expenses incurred fighting this fire.
Did anyone die in the fire?————
To my knowledge, nobody has died so far. But quite a few homes and business are in the line of fire. Some of these folks will never recover. Many of these people have lived here for generations. Its covered a very large area with no sign of slowing down.
Their monsoon season is still a couple of weeks away, IF they get one this year.
Wonder what his motive was- did he take offense at the Muppet’s portrayal of the Swedish chef?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY_Yf4zz-yo
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