Thread: Deputies investigate kidnapping of former Mexican officer

Deputies investigate kidnapping of former Mexican officer
March 24, 2008 - 1:50PM

The Monitor

ALTON - Sheriff's deputies continue to search for a former Mexican police officer and suspected gang member kidnapped west of the city late Friday night.


Investigators believe five men broke into the home about 10 p.m., abducted Jose Valencia Garcia, 27, and stabbed a teenager several times in the head.

The injured teen - Andres Garcia, 14 - survived the attack and is expected to recover, sheriff's deputies said Monday. It is not clear if the two Garcias are related.

Jose Valencia Garcia formerly worked as a judicial police officer in Mexico and previously served a two year prison sentence in Texas for felony drunken driving. He halso has prior felony convictions for possession of marijuana and is a suspected member of the Mexican criminal gang the Partidos Revolucinarios Mexicanos.

The kidnapping suspects fled the scene with Garcia in a tan or gold Mercury Marquis or Ford Crown Victoria with possible Texas license plactes starting with "031."

Investigators have no physical description of the kidnapping suspects other than they were Hispanic, the sheriff's office said.

Authorities urge anyone with information on this case to contact the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office at (956) 668-TIPS.
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Jose Valencia Garcia formerly worked as a judicial police officer in Mexico and previously served a two year prison sentence in Texas for felony drunken driving. He halso has prior felony convictions for possession of marijuana and is a suspected member of the Mexican criminal gang the Partidos Revolucinarios Mexicanos.

Why was this man in our country?

Why wasn't he deported after the felony driving conviction?

Why wasn't he deported for the felony marijuana convictions?

Why wasn't he deported for being a suspected Mexican criminal gang member?

Why was this man not either in prison or deported instead of being free to possibly set up crime networks and commit more crimes in our country?


"All that is required for evil to triumph is for a few good men to do nothing."
Edmund Burke