Thread: El Paso man gets 5 years for attacking border agent

El Paso man gets 5 years for attacking border agent

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/hea ... 20064.html

Associated Press

EL PASO — A man convicted of trying to run over a U.S. Border Patrol was sentenced to more than five years in federal prison Wednesday.

Gerardo Felipe Ortiz, 28, of El Paso, was convicted in November of one count of assault on a federal officer. A federal judge sentenced him to five years and 10 months in prison for the April incident.

According to prosecutors, Ortiz was spotted by agents Federico Figueroa and Jose O. Garcia exchanging a large amount of cash with another man in a parking lot.

When the agents tried to confront Ortiz and the other man, prosecutors said, Ortiz drove his pickup truck toward Figueroa, who opened fire.

Ortiz, who was shot by a Border Patrol agent during the incident, was arrested when he drove himself to a local hospital.

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and this is the best comment so far

Rorschach wrote:
So using a 4000lb truck as a deadly weapon in the commission of a felony only gets you 5 years. But a cop using a firearm in the course of his duties nets him 12 years? What is wrong with this picture?

Gerardo Felipe Ortiz, 28, of El Paso, was convicted in November of one count of assault on a federal officer.

He should have been charged with attempted murder with a deadly weapon.

"This is our culture - fight for it. This is our flag - pick it up. This is our country - take it back." - Congressman Tom Tancredo

Finally! A little push back for our BP agents!
I'm so sick of the abuse that they get all the way around. You really have to love this country to be a BP agent.

Only 5 years? for attempted murder with a deadly weapon, not to mention all the immigration/DEA charges....not surprised.

Our 2 agents got over twice as much.