Illegal Protest

Here we go again - another border agent trying to do his job is accused of murder. Unbelievable how the prosecutor is trying to make out Nicholas Corbett to be a cold blooded killer and using the corrupted testimony of the OTHER illegal aliens, all related or friends with the rock throwing illegal alien. Oh I am sure they are being honest.. yeah right!

Murder trial of Border Patrol agent begins with vastly different stories

By Josh Brodesky - Arizona Daily Star

Opening statements began today in the trial of a U.S. Border Patrol agent accused of murdering an illegal entrant last year, with attorneys from both sides presenting radically different stories about what prompted the shooting.

Nicholas Corbett is charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter and negligent homicide in the killing of Francisco Javier Domínguez Rivera in January of 2007.

On Jan. 12 of last year, Corbett shot and killed the 22-year-old man in the desert between Bisbee and Douglas about 150 yards north of the border.

The shooting occurred while Corbett was trying to detain Domínguez Rivera, his two brothers and the girlfriend of one of the brothers, all of whom had entered the country illegally from Mexico.

But what prompted the shooting is the key question in the trial.

Prosecutor Grant Woods, a former state attorney general who has been hired by the Cochise County attorney to prosecute the case, said Domínguez Rivera and the three others were surrendering to Corbett.

The four were walking back to the border, when Corbett stopped them, Woods said. He said they were then ordered to get down on their knees and Corbett shot Domínguez Rivera from behind.

“This young man — while surrendering, going down on his knees, putting his hands in the air — from behind was hit, yanked and shot through the heart,” Woods said.

Forensics evidence, witnesses, an autopsy report and a video will support such a description of the shooting, Woods said.

I wonder if the autopsy report will show the huge ROCK he had in his hands. I bet they will find he was STANDING when he was shot. That should shoot some holes in Woods’ theory. Seems the border patrol needs to get dash mounted cameras that cover their apprehensions of illegals so we are not faced with the word of a bunch of Spanish speaking illegal aliens against that of a Border Patrol Agent in cases like theses.

Meanwhile, Sean Chapman, lead defense attorney for Corbett, said Domínguez Rivera was not surrendering at the time of the shooting, but in fact threatened Corbett with a baseball-sized rock.

“Nick Corbett had to defend himself, and he had to defend himself against Mr. Domínguez, who was trying to crush his skull with a rock,” Chapman said.

The decision to shoot was a split-second one, which fell in line with Border Patrol policy for use of force, he said.

Chapman said he will present expert testimony to this effect as well as testimony that will show the shooting could have occurred in a way that matches Corbett’s description.

He also noted that investigators left behind Domínguez Rivera’s gloves at the scene, which he said could have been used to find forensic evidence to show Domínguez Rivera was holding a rock.

Finally, Chapman said the three witnesses were corrupted because of influence from the Mexican consulate as well as the fact that investigators failed to separate them in the hours after the shooting. The trial is continuing throughout the day and expected to last two weeks.

If convicted, Corbett faces a maximum of 22 years in prison.

Want to know even more about this case?  Go here to the American Daughter forum/blog. They have an excellent in-depth review of how Nicholas Corbett is being railroaded by our Justice Department and government for doing his job.

This just in, from the Arizona Daily Star, the same paper that trumpeted how Jesus Manuel Cordova was a “hero” for “rescuing” Christopher Buchleitner after his mother rolled her van down an embankment in a remote area of Pena Blanca Lake camping area. So, I guess we won’t hear the TRUTH from the AZStar on this one - that this STEPFATHER rather leave his 5 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER alone in the desert rather than be caught by the Border Patrol.. Now there’s some great family values to emulate eh? How come we don’t see Mexico promoting this story which is MORE true of their illegal alien criminals than the Jesus Manuel Cordova story. Maybe they promoted that supposed “rescue” (which was not a rescue at all as it turns out) because most illegal aliens are like THIS guy - leaving his own 5 year old step daughter in the freezing desert.. Nice…

BP agents locate Mexican girl lost in wilderness

Agents with the Border Patrol’s search, trauma and rescue team found a 5-year-old Mexican girl alone and crying in the rugged mountain terrain of Cochise County on Friday morning.

Candy Gabriela Barranco-Gonzalez, of the state of Mexico, Mexico, survived a frigid night in the Miller Peak area of the Huachuca Mountains southwest of Sierra Vista.

Officials said she became separated from her stepfather late Thursday evening during an attempt to illegally enter the country, Cochise County sheriff’s spokeswoman Carol Capas said.

The girl appeared to be suffering from initial stages of hypothermia but other than that was in decent condition, Capas said. She was transported to the Sierra Vista Regional Health Care Center .

The separation occurred at about 10 p.m. Thursday night when a Border Patrol agent encountered a group of 13 illegal entrants in the Miller Peak area, said Jesús Rodriguez, Border Patrol Tucson Sector spokesman.

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That spurred the Border Patrol to launch an extensive search of the area. At least two law-enforcement helicopters, along with a sheriff’s Search and Rescue team and Border Patrol agents, led the search for the girl in an area about eight miles north of the Arizona-Mexico border.

What parent would leave their 5 year old child behind EVER much less with nighttime freezing desert conditions?????

It had been cold, with temperatures dipping down to about 20 degrees in the area where she was found.

Oh and it seems the Border Patrol is bringing the family together rather than separating them:

They have located her mother, Mercedes Barranco Gonzalez, 25, in Ciudad Juarez

So again I ponder - what MOTHER would allow someone to take her 5 year old child on a dangerous border crossing into the US? What kind of parents are these two who think nothing of endangering the life of their CHILD and think nothing of leaving them behind in the desert to evade capture by the Border Patrol?

Gee thank God for the Border Patrol because they FOUND the girl and rescued her - but you won’t see them getting any AWARDS for doing so now will you.