Thread: Mexican man gets $25K in law suit

http://www.azstarnet.com/news/138987
Mexican man gets $25K in suit deal
the associated press
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 07.22.2006

advertisementSAN LUIS, Ariz. — A Mexican man will receive $25,000 to settle a suit he filed against the city of San Luis after he was wounded by police who fired on a van filled with illegal immigrants, the city attorney said.

Moises Iniguez Zermeno of San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico, was one of 11 passengers in the minivan that was speeding back toward Mexico when the officers opened fire Aug. 14. Two other passengers were also wounded, according to police.

According to the Border Patrol, the driver of the van had picked up a group of illegal immigrants before the shooting and had turned back toward Mexico after Border Patrol officials began following it.
The Border Patrol radioed San Luis police, and two officers were trying to stop the van when it swerved and tried to run one of the officers down, police said.


The San Luis police previously concluded that Officers Joel Sauceda and Paulino Lara had acted in self-defense. But a subsequent investigation by the Yuma County Sheriff's Department concluded the officers' conduct violated their own department's policies.

City Attorney Glenn Gimbut said he thinks Sauceda and Lara are glad the case is over.

"The officers didn't do anything wrong; they were trying to defend themselves," Gimbut said.

Iniguez Zermeno's Yuma attorneys, James Metcalf and Hayden Hanna, would not comment.
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When does this stop? WE have Americans helping the illegals to our money, for too long!

Deport them all, as well as our lawyers!

That really bites! If the officers violated the code of conduct in their organization, then they should be reprimanded. But this man should not be rewarded for being in that van....I would bet that he knew there were illegals in the van also. I could possibly understand if maybe they had just paid the man's medical bills, but any other money is a reward for being in on criminal activity.

"The officers didn't do anything wrong; they were trying to defend themselves," Gimbut said.

No, they have no right to defend themselves. These are GWB's sacred guest workers, and you are not to impede them in any manner whatsoever.

Murder, rape, vehicular manslaughter - as long as they work cheap, they get a pass on everything, and sometimes by breaking the law they even hit the lottery.