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man arrest for detaining illegal immigrants
Yuma Sun ^ | LOUIE VILLALOBOS, Staff Writer

Posted on 08/07/2003 8:27:02 PM PDT by AZ GRAMMY

Second arrest made in immigrant incident

BY LOUIE VILLALOBOS, Staff Writer Aug 7, 2003

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Yuma County sheriff's deputies have arrested a second man in connection with the alleged unlawful detention of six illegal immigrants on July 31 in Gadsden.

Alexander David Dumas, 26, was arrested Tuesday evening after driving to Yuma from his home in Big Bear Lake, Calif., for an interview, said sheriff's spokesman Lt. Eben Bratcher.

Dumas was charged with six counts of aggravated assault and five counts of unlawful imprisonment following the early morning July 31 incident where deputies said he and Matthew Paul Hoffman, arrested on the same charges on Monday, detained a group of six illegal immigrants that had just entered the United States through the Colorado River.

A third man, Martin Hoffman Jr., was with the two suspects but won't be charged because he was not armed and did not take part in the handcuffing of the illegal immigrants, Bratcher said.

Bratcher said the department will continue to investigate the case and warned citizens against taking the law into their own hands.

He said anyone who sees a group of suspected illegal immigrants should call the Border Patrol, and not take it upon themselves to apprehend the group by using guns and handcuffs. Asking a group to stay put while making a phone call is permitted and would constitute a citizen's arrest, he said.

"When you have someone holding someone against their will with the use or the threat of the use of force, you've crossed the line between a citizen's arrest and unlawful detention," he said. "There was no justification for the use of force."

Deputies said the two men handcuffed five members of the group, which included three children and two women, and held them at gunpoint until U.S. Border Patrol agents arrived.

Agents have said they were dispatched to the scene when a surveillance camera operator noticed the incident unfolding. The agents called the sheriff's department, who then identified and interviewed all three men before letting them go, officials said.

Bratcher said the men are not believed to be part of a larger group, such as the citizen patrol groups that operate on private property along the Tucson border and use various forms of technology to alert Border Patrol agents to the presence of illegal immigrants in the area.

Also being charged with five counts of endangerment is a 16-year-old Mexican national who Bratcher said was paid $600 to bring the illegal immigrants into the United States. Bratcher also said the illegal immigrants were planning to meet with a taxi cab in Gadsden and were to be taken to a unidentified Yuma hotel, according to interviews done of the illegal immigrants by detectives.

William Robbins, Border Patrol spokesman, said the six illegal immigrants were in the agency's custody as of Wednesday morning but couldn't be interviewed.

Hugo Oliva, Mexican consul in Yuma, said the group was in good condition following the incident and that his office is encouraged by the sheriff's department's efforts regarding this case.

"This is a very disturbing thing to happen here," Oliva said. "We can't have people with guns do the job of law enforcement agencies."

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: citizensarrest; crime; illegalimmigrants
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1 posted on 08/07/2003 8:27:02 PM PDT by AZ GRAMMY
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To: AZ GRAMMY
Who will get out first. Illegal immigrants or the Americans detaining them.
2 posted on 08/07/2003 8:32:14 PM PDT by Bogey78O (The Clinton's have pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured/killed -Peach)
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To: AZ GRAMMY
This nation won't last much longer. Just enjoy the ride-I give the implosion a 20 year countdown.
3 posted on 08/07/2003 8:32:41 PM PDT by Destro (Know your enemy! Help fight Islamic terrorisim by visiting www.johnathangaltfilms.com)
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To: Bogey78O
Yeah, what is he supposed to do?
6 posted on 08/07/2003 8:39:40 PM PDT by BenLurkin (Socialism is slavery.)
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To: Dr. Marten
TSK, Tsk tsk:
8 posted on 08/07/2003 8:42:24 PM PDT by BenLurkin (Socialism is slavery.)
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To: AZ GRAMMY
It is good that these vigilante criminals who commit aggravated assault and unlawful imprisonment are being prosecuted for their crimes. Vigilantism erodes justice.
9 posted on 08/07/2003 8:43:36 PM PDT by Cultural Jihad
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To: AZ GRAMMY
They did not physically assault the illegals, so what's the problem? They should be commended.
11 posted on 08/07/2003 8:45:25 PM PDT by Bigg Red
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To: Bigg Red

Shoving a gun in the faces of women and children is not an assault?

13 posted on 08/07/2003 8:46:48 PM PDT by Cultural Jihad
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To: Chad Fairbanks
"This is a very disturbing thing to happen here," Oliva said. "We can't have people with guns do the job of law enforcement agencies."

Bwahahaha. Then who should do the job? Despite the pro ILLEGAL immigrant sympathies of even Republicans like Bush or Hannity, it is out of control here in the southwest.

14 posted on 08/07/2003 8:47:18 PM PDT by FastCoyote
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To: Cultural Jihad
Shoving a gun in the faces of women and children is not an assault?

They are federal criminals. If they didn't want a gun pointed at them they should have stayed in Mexico.

15 posted on 08/07/2003 8:48:58 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (We are crushing our enemies, seeing him driven before us and hearing the lamentations of the liberal)
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To: AZ GRAMMY
"This is a very disturbing thing to happen here," Oliva said. "We can't have people with guns do the job of law enforcement agencies."

That's the truth. It's also the truth that we can't have our law enforcement agencies not doing their jobs, or not receiving the support required for them to do their jobs.

16 posted on 08/07/2003 8:49:37 PM PDT by squidly
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To: Cultural Jihad
Not very responsible talk.

What I find irresponsible is millions of their people defecating on our laws, spitting on our sovereignty, killing our law enforcement officers and our citizens, trashing our country, choking off our social services, hospitals, schools, taking jobs, etc. etc. etc. etc.

18 posted on 08/07/2003 8:50:29 PM PDT by Joe Hadenuf (RECALL DAVIS, position his smoking chair over a trapdoor, a memo for the next governor.)
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To: AZ GRAMMY
Asking a group to stay put while making a phone call is permitted and would constitute a citizen's arrest, he said.

Oh yeah, that'll work. Sure. Thanks for the advice. What is the spanish word for "stay put"? I'm sure the "group" will wait patiently for law enforcement to arrive while you stand by them unarmed. Any beverage suggestions while we all wait?

19 posted on 08/07/2003 8:50:39 PM PDT by montag813
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To: gubamyster
ping
20 posted on 08/07/2003 8:52:27 PM PDT by I_Love_My_Husband
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