Thread: 3 In Custody In Border Agent's Death - July 28,2009 UPDATE

Monday morning when the law enforcement office staffs and the media office staffs return to work we should get much more info on this.

Originally Posted by MW

JohnDoe wrote:

1 or 2 of them were probable just witness and the 3 one was the killer.

An accessory to murder, the legal definition being an individual who aids or contributes to a murder without participating in the act of murder.

Ditto MW!! I would like to see everyone who was in that group charged with conspiracy to commit murder, as it could be argued they had agreed to kill a border patrol agent as part of their plan to gain entry into this country! Under this theory, they are just as guilty as the scum who pulled the trigger! It may not be the strongest case in the world, but it needs to be pursued if the facts suggest this to be the case!

These illegal invaders need to understand that if they are going to break into this country, they will be held accountable in the event someone in their group MURDERS a law enforcement officer!

Originally Posted by NoBueno

Originally Posted by MW

JohnDoe wrote:

1 or 2 of them were probable just witness and the 3 one was the killer.

An accessory to murder, the legal definition being an individual who aids or contributes to a murder without participating in the act of murder.

Ditto MW!! I would like to see everyone who was in that group charged with conspiracy to commit murder, as it could be argued they had agreed to kill a border patrol agent as part of their plan to gain entry into this country! Under this theory, they are just as guilty as the scum who pulled the trigger! It may not be the strongest case in the world, but it needs to be pursued if the facts suggest this to be the case!

These illegal invaders need to understand that if they are going to break into this country, they will be held accountable in the event someone in their group MURDERS a law enforcement officer!

. . . Though some news reports indicated two men and one woman were taken into custody, Bay Area law enforcement sources confirmed only one person was arrested at the hospital Friday by agents from U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, a division of the Department of Homeland Security. FBI agents provided backup. The suspect was released from the hospital and was in custody Friday night.

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12912088? ... ost_viewed

Mexico police name suspect in border agent death

Updated 8m ago |

CHULA VISTA, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in Mexico have identified the man suspected of fatally shooting a U.S. Border Patrol agent.
Federal police said Sunday the main suspect in the killing is 36-year-old Ernesto Parra Valenzuela.

Parra Valenzuela was among four men detained in Mexico on Friday. He was reportedly carrying a Border Patrol-issued pistol at the time of his arrest.

Records show Parra Valenzuela has not yet retained an attorney.

Authorities wouldn't say what role, if any, the other three men may have played in the death of Agent Robert Rosas, who was killed Thursday near the Mexican border in southeastern San Diego County.
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Picture of the killer with the gun at this link:

http://content.usatoday.com/community/c ... .story&p=2

RELATED (and posted above)

4 Suspects Detained in Mexico in U.S. Border Agent's Death

http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-164579.html

U.S. Border Patrol agent killed in Calif.

Updated 3m ago
By Brad Heath, USA TODAY

Border Patrol agents in the Southwest are taking extra steps to stay safe as authorities continue to search for at least one gunman who shot and killed another agent Thursday.

After three days of searching by dozens of local and federal agents, investigators had no suspects in the killing, the first shooting death of a border agent in more than a decade, Keith Slotter, the special agent in charge of the FBI's San Diego office, said Sunday. "There's still a long way to go on this."

"Obviously the agents are taking extra precautions now," said T.J. Bonner, a Border Patrol agent in San Diego County who is president of the National Border Patrol Council. He said agents, who often work alone, are teaming up on some cases and trying to stay closer to agents they can call for backup.

Agent Robert Rosas was killed Thursday night along a remote stretch of the border southeast of San Diego. Rosas was by himself, trying to catch a group of people who had crossed the border illegally, when he was shot several times in the head and body, Slotter said. He said investigators believe there were three to five people, and that at least one was wounded.

"They certainly had some sort of firepower," Slotter said. "They certainly had the confidence level to believe they could overtake him, and they didn't have any second thoughts about doing so."

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Mexican police told the Associated Press on Saturday that they had arrested four men — all allegedly tied to an immigrant-smuggling ring — in connection with Rosas' death. Slotter said U.S. investigators plan to question the men, but that "nobody has been arrested in either Mexico or the United States in connection with this murder."

Rosas was the first Border Patrol agent shot to death since agents Ricardo Salinas and Susan Rodriguez were slain in Texas in 1998.

About 17,000 agents patrol the nation's southern border, a number that has more than doubled as the government sought to halt a tide of illegal immigration. Authorities and agents have expressed growing concern about violence by immigrant smugglers and heavily armed drug cartels.

Last year, about 50 Border Patrol agents were shot at, Bonner said. One died when he was run down by a suspected drug smuggler's car. The number is on track to be higher this year. "It's becoming more dangerous," he said.

A spokesman for the U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, Lloyd Easterling, said in an e-mail Sunday that the agency is "constantly evaluating ways to make our job safer."

Contributing: The Associated Press

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009 ... gent_N.htm

Originally Posted by jamesw62

Originally Posted by Ratbstard

I haven't been home much for the past few days but still haven't seen this on TV news or in the papers. I guess the telegraphs to NY aren't working so good.

dont feel bad it wasnt mentioned in the houston chronicle, the dallas morning news or the san antonio express. the three largest cities in texas.

Give Fox News Channel some credit on this one.

FNC has been covering this story as their #1 top news story at least twice an hour since 9am PST Saturday. Their coverage keeps getting more detailed, with on-site reporting, and more guest interviews. It might be slowing down tonight with changing news stories.

Here is an interview with BP agent in El Paso, TX:
http://www.kfoxtv.com/video/20179483/index.html

FNC also conducted a great interview with the President of the Nat'l Border Patrol Council, TJ Bonner. He nailed it...socked it to Congress hard about being outmanned and outgunned, and defended the BP to the hilt.

check out the picture at this link. What a picture it is! Mexico doesn't spare a peso arming their authorities!
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,534852,00.html
4 Suspects Detained in Mexico in U.S. Border Agent's Death

it was finally posted in the chronicle saturday evening, but the story posted was of the arrests in mexico

FBI says case still open in agent's killing

By Mark Arner
Union-Tribune Staff Writer
2:00 a.m. July 27, 2009

A spokesman for the FBI yesterday downplayed the arrest by Mexican authorities of a 36-year-old man who officials there said had been identified as the gunman in Thursday's fatal shooting of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Robert Rosas.

On Friday, Tecate municipal police arrested Ernesto Parra Valenzuela about five hours after the slaying. They said Parra Valenzuela had a 9 mm pistol tucked in his clothing when he was found near the site of the shooting.

“With all of the reporting going on from multiple sources, I do not want the public to get the impression that this case is solved,â€