Dear Members (click links for full articles - if not posted) Note: See #2 - this is just Unbelievable Ruthie 1. Tijuana killings reviving fearsMassacre at rehab center could be connected to huge marijuana seizureSDUT AP ************************************* 2. Unbelievable - right in the courtroom - speaking Spanish and selling fake drivers licenses - UNBELIEVABLE - Ruthie http://www.wftv.com/marioncounty/25481649/detail.html Court Interpreter Accused Of Selling Fake DocsPosted: 5:38 pm EDT October 22, 2010Updated: 6:02 pm EDT October 22, 2010MARION COUNTY, Fla. -- Investigators say the Marion County jail had no idea one of its interpreters sold fake drivers licenses for $1,500 a pop in the middle of its courtroom, because she did the deals in Spanish. Petersen found out they broke the language barrier and caught her. Milagros Rosa used to come to the jail to work, but earlier this week she spent time in one of the cells. "Pull her clearance. Not being allowed back into the facility," said Major Paul Laxton of the Marion County jail said. Laxton is taking a hard line with 59-year-old Rosa, who was a contracted jail interpreter. "The people she interprets for either speak very little English or none at all," he said. The Florida Highway Patrol believes Rosa took advantage of that. She and co-defendant Jose Guerra are accused of supplying illegal immigrants with phony documents needed to obtain a driver's license. Rosa met the immigrants at court hearings at the Marion County jail. Rosa would stand at a podium and speak into the microphone. The suspect would be standing right next to her. Usually, every seat in the courtroom was filled. But sometimes Rosa and the defendant would be the only ones in the room who could understand Spanish. That is how detectives believe she was able to speak freely about a scheme to sell the counterfeit documents for $1,500 a piece. Two illegal immigrants told police what happened after they were arrested while trying to get a driver's license. The language barrier in the courtroom leads investigators to believe this could have been going on for some time. Rosa and Guerra face felony fraud charges. The suspects who bought the counterfeit documents could be dealt with by immigration officials. ***************************************************** 3. Man arrested in theft of DPS vehicle DPS spokesperson Bart Graves said detectives in an unmarked DPS vehicle in Casa Grande spotted a Dodge pickup that they suspected was stolen and called for assistance Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/10/26/20101026pinal-dps-vehicle-stolen.html#ixzz13WDbTeZB ****************************************************** 4. A 911 call was made to report a shooting at 11:30 p.m., the Pinal County Sheriff's Office said. Witnesses said they observed an early 2000s model Chevrolet Impala pull up next to the vehicle Raya-Ortiz was driving and fired several shots, deputies said. The suspected vehicle sped away westbound. Officers have not located a vehicle matching the description. Deputies said Raya-Ortiz was involved with drug trafficking from Mexico. Officers said that, according to relatives, Raya-Ortiz was responsible for transporting "scouts" to various locations in Pinal County. Raya-Ortiz had told relatives he was fearful for his safety because cartels felt he was "a snitch," deputies said. Officers said Raya-Ortiz was Mexican citizen in United States illegally and was awaiting a deportation hearing. ********************************************************* 5. Pinal deputies seize pot worth nearly $1 million in traffic stopPinal County Sheriff's seized 1,922 pounds of marijuana Sunday after deputies stopped a stolen Chevy Suburban carrying at least one illegal immigrant near Vekol Valley Road and Interstate 8. Deputies said they saw the vehicle driving without headlights around 8:30 p.m. and that the driver put it in reverse when they attempted to stop it. The driver and one of two passengers then got out of the vehicle and ran. They have not been found. The suspect who was captured said he didn't know marijuana was in the vehicle, and had boarded the vehicle in Mexico, the sheriff's office said. Deputies turned him over to the U.S. Boarder Patrol. Deputies put the street value of the marijuana at around $960,000. The suburban used to transport the marijuana was reported stolen, deputies said. At about 6 a.m. Monday, deputies patrolling the same area saw two Hispanic males hiding in the bushes. When officers tried to make contact, the two men, both armed with long rifles, fled south into the desert, the sheriff's office said. Deputies said one suspect dropped a bag containing a fully loaded rifle magazine, but that both men eluded their pursuers. http://www.azcentral.com/community/pinal/articles/2010/10/26/20101026pinal-county-marijuana-seizure-abrk.html ********************************************************* 6. Shame on You Works Feds React to Public Exposure Glenn Spencer, American Patrol -- October 26 Citizen videos forced feds to install vehicle barriers on smuggling routes. Following a well-established pattern, the federal government has moved to deal with a problem with the U.S./Mexico border. The problem is that its failure to secure the border has once again been exposed by citizens and local law enforcement. Videos captured by trail cameras have shown the wholesale smuggling of drugs and people by armed intruders. Add to that an ambush of a Pinal County sheriff deputy and you have a pattern of exposure that the feds just couldn't handle. Yesterday, the American Patrol Report published photos showing that signs touting the work by the feds to solve the problem had replaced Bureau of Land Management signs warning citizens to stay out of smuggling territory. This was quickly followed by a report in the Arizona Republic explaining that the feds had thrown manpower and money at the problem. According to the AR story, BLM and the USBP are working closely together to solve the problem, including the erection of barriers to block vehicle routes created by smugglers. Videos showing trucks loaded with people driving along washes have been all over the Internet. From as far back as 1989 when Muriel Watson lit up the border in San Diego to American Border Patrol's unmanned aerial vehicles to the Minutemen , the federal government has shown that it will deal with the border problem only after citizens shame it into action. We must keep it up. Ruthie Minnesotans Seeking Immigration Reform State Chapter for FIRE Coalition "Restore Order - Secure Our Border" "The Ruthie Report" 8 pm CST every Thursday |
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