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| Border Agent Killer Freed In Mexico |
| 2008-06-26 |
| Officials are 'shocked and appalled' that a Mexican judge has released a man imprisoned in connection with the death of a Yuma-based U.S. Border Patrol agent, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Wednesday. Jesus Navarro Montes, arrested Jan. 22 in Mexico, was recently released from a Mexicali prison. Navarro had been sought in Mexico for allegedly smuggling migrants. Navarro Montes is a suspect in the Jan. 19 murder of Border Patrol agent Luis Aguilar. It could not be determined immediately what charges Navarro Montes faced, what charges Mexican authorities presented to the judge in seeking to hold him, whether Navarro Montes had petitioned for bail nor the circumstances of his release. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #5 But if a U.S. Border Patrol agent shoots a smuggler he goes to jail and no judge has any sympathy whatsoever. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2008-06-26 11:58 |
| #4 Could have been a bribe or somebody could have told the judge he was a dead man if he didn't let the suspect walk. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2008-06-26 11:53 |
| #3 Mexico is not like the states, money still talks there. $20,000 would prolly get you the necessary "clerical error" needed to be released. Chump change to a good smuggler, but big money to a prison official who makes $20 a day. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-06-26 10:59 |
| #2 Shocked... yeah right. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-06-26 01:06 |
| #1 |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-06-26 01:04 |