Thread: THREE NATIONAL GUARDSMEN

THREE NATIONAL GUARDSMEN ACCUSED OF TRANSPORTING ILLEGALS IN TEXAS!
A criminal complaint has been filed in federal court charging three Texas National Guardsmen with conspiring to transport illegal aliens, United States Attorney Don DeGabrielle announced today. Jose Rodrigo Torres, 26, and Julio Cesar Pacheco, 25, both of Laredo, TX, and Clarence Hodge, Jr. 36, of Fort Worth, TX are each charged in the criminal complaint. All three defendants appeared before a United States Magistrate Judge this morning and have been ordered released on a $75,000 cash or surety bond. A preliminary examination hearing has been set for June 19, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. for all three defendants.
According to the allegations in the criminal complaint, during the late evening hours of Thursday, June 7, 2007, Torres was arrested by Border Patrol agents after 24 illegal aliens were discovered in the van he was driving along Interstate 35 near Cotulla, TX. Torres was in uniform at the time of his arrest. Hodge and Pacheco were arrested on Friday, June 8, 2007. Hodge is alleged to have assisted Torres to pass through the I-35 Border Patrol checkpoint station without inspection the previous day by approaching Torres’ vehicle to make it appear that the two were conducting National Guard business. Pacheco is accused of recruiting the guardsmen to transport undocumented aliens and paying $1,000 to $3,500 for each smuggling trip. The complaint alleges several similar smuggling trips had been conducted previously.
“The alleged actions of these three men is disturbing and will be addressed, but should not and does not diminish the outstanding contribution of the thousands of Texas National Guardsmen who daily do their duty alongside federal law enforcement officials to secure the borders of our nation,â€

I hope these three are prosecuted to the fullest extent allowable by law! The broke a trust with the American people and there is absolutely no excuse for it. How can this be anything less than treason?

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trea·son (trē'zən)
n.
Violation of allegiance toward one's country or sovereign, especially the betrayal of one's country by waging war against it or by consciously and purposely acting to aid its enemies.
A betrayal of trust or confidence.

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