U.S. border agent jailed for improper arrest of suspected drug smuggler.

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U.S. border agent jailed for improper arrest of suspected drug smuggler
Washington Times ^ | October 25, 2011 | - Jerry Seper



A U.S. Border Patrol agent has been sentenced to two years in prison for improperly lifting the arms of a suspected 15-year-old drug smuggler while handcuffed — in what the Justice Department called a deprivation of the teenager’s constitutional right to be free from the use of unreasonable force.

Agent Jesus E. Diaz Jr. was named in a November 2009 federal grand jury indictment with deprivation of rights under color of law during an October 2008 arrest near the Rio Grande River in Eagle Pass, Texas, where he and other agents had responded to a report that illegal immigrants had crossed the river with bundles of drugs.


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I read the full story and it seems they have some real douchebag prosecutors down there that are probably on the payroll of the drug smugglers, ha.

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Jailed border agent's family warned of massive fine
wnd ^ | 11/7/11 | Bob Unruh
Posted on November 8, 2011 2:01:00 AM EST by Nachum

'Notice of intent to offset' sent to home, even though Diaz is in federal custody

The federal government has sent a collection notice to the family of a Border Patrol agent who was jailed and fined for pulling on the arms of a handcuffed suspect to get him to comply with orders, according to a charitable organization working on a defense for Jesus E. Diaz Jr.

WND reported earlier on a call for Congress to hold hearings to uncover why U.S. law enforcement officers are being charged, prosecuted and sent to prison for apparently doing what their jobs require.

That call came from President Andy Ramirez of the Law Enforcement Officers Advocates Council, which is working on Diaz' case. The officer was sentenced to 24 months in jail and fined nearly $7,000 for his conviction based on the testimony of a drug smuggler who was given immunity to testify.

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