Thread: Vigilante Illegal Aliens Kill Man at Border UPDATED

Officials: 1 man killed, 1 injured in border attack southwest of Tucson

By Megan Neighbor Arizona Daily Star
March 1, 2010 3:09 pm

A new type of vigilante assault occurred in Southern Arizona’s borderlands this morning, according to law enforcement reports.

A group of illegal border crossers was so fed up with being robbed a second time while walking into the country that they beat up two of the robbers, killing one, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department reported. The crossers were being questioned by investigators today.

The authorities found out about the incident when an injured man wandered along Arizona 286, about 16 miles north of the border near Sasabe, said Border Patrol agent David Jimarez. He was stopped by U.S. Border Patrol agents about 4:30 a.m.

The injured man said he was among a group of illegal border crossers who had been assaulted by two people-smugglers, Dawn Barkman, spokeswoman for the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said. He led the agents about 10 miles west to the body of another man whom he said was killed in the incident.

Officers searched the area and found a group of 10 border crossers. The men claimed they were the victims in the robbery and identified the original injured man and the dead man as the real robbers.

They told investigators they had been robbed earlier during their cross-border trek. When confronted a second time, the group decided to “take things into their own hands,â€

One would think that this would give a few the idea that sleeping with the flea-bitten, one has a good chance to wake up with fleas. Interesting.

Alleged border bandit charged in friend's death

Mar. 2, 2010 05:47 PM
Associated Press .

TUCSON - Authorities say a man who was beaten by other illegal border crossers he and a friend tried to rob now faces a murder charge in connection with his partner's death.

U.S. Border Patrol officials say Armando Villalobos Cervantes was arrested in the death of 32-year-old Eliazar Garcia Valencia, who was reportedly beaten to death after the pair's robbery attempt. The 25-year-old Cervantes was charged under the state's felony murder rule. It allows suspects to be charged with murder if someone dies during the commission of certain felonies.

Cervantes reportedly went to a home north of the Mexican border early Monday seeking help from the homeowner, who alerted the Border Patrol. Authorities found Cervantes wandering along Arizona 286 near Sasabe, about 16 miles north of the border, and discovered Valencia's body about 10 miles to the west.

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