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10-26-2011, 08:15 PM
By Jerry Seper (http://www.washingtontimes.com/staff/jerry-seper/)
The Washington Times
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
A U.S. Border Patrol agent has been sentenced to two years in prison for improperly lifting the arms of a 15-year-old drug smuggling suspect while handcuffed — in what the Justice Department (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/department-of-justice/) called a deprivation of the teenager’s constitutional right to be free from the use of unreasonable force.
Agent Jesus E. Diaz Jr. (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/jesus-e-diaz-jr/) was named in a November 2009 federal grand jury indictment with deprivation of rights under color of law during an October 2008 arrest near the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas, in response to a report that illegal immigrants had crossed the river with bundles of drugs.
In a prosecution sought by the Mexican government (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/mexican-government/) and obtained after the suspected smuggler was given immunity to testify against the agent, Diaz (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/jesus-e-diaz-jr/) was sentenced last week by U.S. District Judge Alia Moses Ludlum (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/alia-moses-ludlum/) in San Antonio. The Mexican consulate (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/mexican-consulate/) in Eagle Pass had filed a formal written complaint just hours after the arrest, alleging that the teenager had been beaten.
Defense attorneys argued that there were no injuries or bruises on the suspected smuggler’s lower arms where the handcuffs had been placed nor any bruising resulting from an alleged knee on his back. Photos showed the only marks on his body came from the straps of the pack he carried containing the suspected drugs, they said.
Border Patrol agents found more than 150 pounds of marijuana at the arrest site.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/oct/25/border-agent-jaile-arrest-teen-drug-smuggler/?page=all#pagebreak
The bad guys aren't just winning, our fearless leaders are helping them every way they can.
The Washington Times
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
A U.S. Border Patrol agent has been sentenced to two years in prison for improperly lifting the arms of a 15-year-old drug smuggling suspect while handcuffed — in what the Justice Department (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/department-of-justice/) called a deprivation of the teenager’s constitutional right to be free from the use of unreasonable force.
Agent Jesus E. Diaz Jr. (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/jesus-e-diaz-jr/) was named in a November 2009 federal grand jury indictment with deprivation of rights under color of law during an October 2008 arrest near the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas, in response to a report that illegal immigrants had crossed the river with bundles of drugs.
In a prosecution sought by the Mexican government (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/mexican-government/) and obtained after the suspected smuggler was given immunity to testify against the agent, Diaz (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/jesus-e-diaz-jr/) was sentenced last week by U.S. District Judge Alia Moses Ludlum (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/alia-moses-ludlum/) in San Antonio. The Mexican consulate (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/mexican-consulate/) in Eagle Pass had filed a formal written complaint just hours after the arrest, alleging that the teenager had been beaten.
Defense attorneys argued that there were no injuries or bruises on the suspected smuggler’s lower arms where the handcuffs had been placed nor any bruising resulting from an alleged knee on his back. Photos showed the only marks on his body came from the straps of the pack he carried containing the suspected drugs, they said.
Border Patrol agents found more than 150 pounds of marijuana at the arrest site.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/oct/25/border-agent-jaile-arrest-teen-drug-smuggler/?page=all#pagebreak
The bad guys aren't just winning, our fearless leaders are helping them every way they can.