BP corruption case for crimes during Bush admin goes to trial

[Guns Guns Guns]

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Raul Villarreal was long a public face of the Border Patrol, frequently appearing on television news as an agency spokesman and acting as a dangerous human smuggler in a public service announcement intended to warn Mexicans about the dangers of entering the United States illegally.


Prosecutors contend now that he knew the smuggler's role well because he really was one.


Raul and his older brother and fellow former agent, Fidel, are accused of smuggling hundreds of migrants in Border Patrol vehicles.


Federal prosecutors say the brothers were tipped they were under investigation in June 2006, prompting them to flee to Mexico.


The case, which goes to trial next month in San Diego, is one of the highest-profile corruption cases to sting the Border Patrol since it went on a hiring spree during the last decade.


The brothers, now in their early 40s, have pleaded not guilty to all counts.

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http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/border-patrol-agents-set-corruption-trial-16638621#.T-c4Xdn0dXs

 

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The brothers were arrested in Tijuana in October 2008 — more than two years after abruptly quitting the Border Patrol — and extradited to the United States to face charges of human smuggling, witness tampering and bribery.

Federal prosecutors say the brothers were tipped they were under investigation in June 2006, prompting them to flee to Mexico.
Arrested in 2008.....here it is 4 years later and its finally getting to trial ?

Justice seems to move very slowly in this administration......

 

[Guns Guns Guns]

The brothers were arrested in Tijuana in October 2008 — more than two years after abruptly quitting the Border Patrol — and extradited to the United States to face charges of human smuggling, witness tampering and bribery. Federal prosecutors say the brothers were tipped they were under investigation in June 2006, prompting them to flee to Mexico. Arrested in 2008.....here it is 4 years later and its finally getting to trial ? Justice seems to move very slowly in this administration......

All spelled out in the report linked in the OP, Blabo.

Can't you find someone to explain the big words to you?

"Raul's attorney said the brothers "lived openly under their true names in Tijuana," sending word to U.S. authorities that they were prepared to return to the United States. A July 2007 letter from their former attorneys to a prosecutor says they would surrender if charges were filed. A grand jury didn't return an indictment until April 2008, four months before they were captured."

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/...corruption-trial-16638621?page=2#.T-eO2Nn0dXs

Who was president in 2007, Blabo? Did justice seem to move very slowly in the Bush administration?

Poor Blabo.