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Deadly patrols: Illegal immigrant shot by US agent recounts 'terror' in the desert
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MattB
Jul 18, 2012, 6:41:51 PM7/18/12
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Deadly patrols: Illegal immigrant shot by US agent recounts 'terror'
in the desert
http://openchannel.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/18/12795762-deadly-patrols-illegal-immigrant-shot-by-us-agent-recounts-terror-in-the-desert#comments
About a year-and-a-half ago, Castro was trying to sneak into the
United States through Arizona�s hilly backcountry when a Border Patrol
agent on horseback spotted his group of about 12 travelers. They
scattered. The agent zeroed in on Castro.
Castro claims the agent, Abel Canales, beat him, hurled insults at him
and then shot him in the side before riding away. He says he waited in
the desert for an hour and a half, bleeding through his clothes,
thinking about his children and preparing himself for death.
An emergency crew arrived and airlifted him to University Medical
Center in Tucson, where he had three operations. Once he was well
enough to be released, he claims he was handcuffed to his wheelchair,
was not allowed to bathe or use a restroom and was denied access to a
Mexican consular official.
Lawyers for the government said Canales acted in self defense, that
Castro tried to throw a rock at him. Canales�s lawyer did not respond
to requests for an interview, and a lawyer for the government declined
to comment.
****************
3 Lessons here.
1. don't try to criminally enter the USA.
2. Another if caught stop and don't throw racks could get you killed.
3. Stay in Mexico and apply for a Visa legally and you won't get
shot.
in the desert
http://openchannel.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/18/12795762-deadly-patrols-illegal-immigrant-shot-by-us-agent-recounts-terror-in-the-desert#comments
About a year-and-a-half ago, Castro was trying to sneak into the
United States through Arizona�s hilly backcountry when a Border Patrol
agent on horseback spotted his group of about 12 travelers. They
scattered. The agent zeroed in on Castro.
Castro claims the agent, Abel Canales, beat him, hurled insults at him
and then shot him in the side before riding away. He says he waited in
the desert for an hour and a half, bleeding through his clothes,
thinking about his children and preparing himself for death.
An emergency crew arrived and airlifted him to University Medical
Center in Tucson, where he had three operations. Once he was well
enough to be released, he claims he was handcuffed to his wheelchair,
was not allowed to bathe or use a restroom and was denied access to a
Mexican consular official.
Lawyers for the government said Canales acted in self defense, that
Castro tried to throw a rock at him. Canales�s lawyer did not respond
to requests for an interview, and a lawyer for the government declined
to comment.
****************
3 Lessons here.
1. don't try to criminally enter the USA.
2. Another if caught stop and don't throw racks could get you killed.
3. Stay in Mexico and apply for a Visa legally and you won't get
shot.
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RichTravsky
Jul 22, 2012, 12:40:31 AM7/22/12
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MattB wrote:
>
> Deadly patrols: Illegal immigrant shot by US agent recounts 'terror'
> in the desert
> http://openchannel.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/18/12795762-deadly-patrols-illegal-immigrant-shot-by-us-agent-recounts-terror-in-the-desert#comments
>
> About a year-and-a-half ago, Castro was trying to sneak into the
> United States through Arizona�s hilly backcountry when a Border Patrol
> agent on horseback spotted his group of about 12 travelers. They
> scattered. The agent zeroed in on Castro.
>
> Castro claims the agent, Abel Canales, beat him, hurled insults at him
> and then shot him in the side before riding away. He says he waited in
> the desert for an hour and a half, bleeding through his clothes,
> thinking about his children and preparing himself for death.
> An emergency crew arrived and airlifted him to University Medical
> Center in Tucson, where he had three operations. Once he was well
> enough to be released, he claims he was handcuffed to his wheelchair,
> was not allowed to bathe or use a restroom and was denied access to a
> Mexican consular official.
>
> Lawyers for the government said Canales acted in self defense, that
> Castro tried to throw a rock at him. Canales�s lawyer did not respond
> to requests for an interview, and a lawyer for the government declined
> to comment.
>
>
> Deadly patrols: Illegal immigrant shot by US agent recounts 'terror'
> in the desert
> http://openchannel.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/18/12795762-deadly-patrols-illegal-immigrant-shot-by-us-agent-recounts-terror-in-the-desert#comments
>
> About a year-and-a-half ago, Castro was trying to sneak into the
> United States through Arizona�s hilly backcountry when a Border Patrol
> agent on horseback spotted his group of about 12 travelers. They
> scattered. The agent zeroed in on Castro.
>
> Castro claims the agent, Abel Canales, beat him, hurled insults at him
> and then shot him in the side before riding away. He says he waited in
> the desert for an hour and a half, bleeding through his clothes,
> thinking about his children and preparing himself for death.
> An emergency crew arrived and airlifted him to University Medical
> Center in Tucson, where he had three operations. Once he was well
> enough to be released, he claims he was handcuffed to his wheelchair,
> was not allowed to bathe or use a restroom and was denied access to a
> Mexican consular official.
>
> Lawyers for the government said Canales acted in self defense, that
> Castro tried to throw a rock at him. Canales�s lawyer did not respond
> to requests for an interview, and a lawyer for the government declined
> to comment.
>
> 3 Lessons here.
>
> 1. don't try to criminally enter the USA.
>
> 2. Another if caught stop and don't throw racks could get you killed.
>
> 3. Stay in Mexico and apply for a Visa legally and you won't get
> shot.
4 lessons: you will shot without reason and the shooter will sit there
>
> 1. don't try to criminally enter the USA.
>
> 2. Another if caught stop and don't throw racks could get you killed.
>
> 3. Stay in Mexico and apply for a Visa legally and you won't get
> shot.
and watch you bleed to death.
Lesson 5 - you have no problem with shooting people without reason and letting
them bleed.
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