Officer arrested for alleged immigrant smuggling

Jeanfromfillmore · #1 03-30-2010, 03:48 AM

http://www.kgun9.com/Global/story.asp?S=12224080
Officer arrested for alleged immigrant smuggling

SAN DIEGO (AP) - A New Mexico police officer has been arrested at a San Diego border crossing for allegedly attempting to cross into the U.S. with an illegal immigrant.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokeswoman Jackie Dizdul says Bosque Farms police Officer Ronald Haley was arrested Friday after an inspection at the San Ysidro Port of Entry.
Dizdul says Haley drove up to the checkpoint in a Chevy Tahoe with a female passenger. Dizdul says Haley presented a Mexican border crossing card for the woman that actually belonged to her sister. Authorities determined the woman had no legal documents to enter the U.S.
Haley is being held at the San Diego Metropolitan Correction Center as he awaits federal charges.

Rim05 · #2 03-30-2010, 04:27 AM

Quote:

A New Mexico police officer has been arrested at a San Diego border crossing for allegedly attempting to cross into the U.S. with an illegal immigrant.

I cannot even think of what punishment that officer deserves. It should be severe.

Twoller · #3 03-30-2010, 08:09 AM

I'd like to see more information on this before I got too excited about it.

What was the officer's relationship with the woman he was crossing with?

There could be a lot of extenuating circumstances that make him innocent.

Ole Glory · #4 03-30-2010, 04:29 PM

He's not the first to do this and he won't be last.

Rim05 · #5 03-30-2010, 10:17 PM

Quote:

I'd like to see more information on this before I got too excited about it.

What was the officer's relationship with the woman he was crossing with?

There could be a lot of extenuating circumstances that make him innocent

There is no circumstance that can make him INNOCENT. Forget his relationship with her, he did it.

Twoller · #6 03-31-2010, 07:57 AM

If you know something not posted above that assures his guilt, you should share it.

Meanwhile, it's good to hear they caught the guy and are prosecuting him for aiding and abetting. He will get a trial. Obviously, the woman is guilty. Why aren't we hearing more about her? Has she been arrested? She's the real guilty one and she needs to be prosecuted, jailed and deported. He is more likely to be an innocent bystander than she is, yet we are not obliged to get excited about her, just the police officer.

If the guy was a border patrol agent, then he would be completely unqualified as a dupe in this case. He would be guilty and no further evidence would be required for me.

Since Arizona is a border state and so much of the state is close to the border, state and local law enforcement should be as well trained on the border as federal border agents.

Does Arizona have its own border patrol or is that all federal?