The southern border with Mexico can be a dangerous place and no one knows that better than the agents who patrol the fifteen the hundred mile strip that separates the two countries. Border patrol agent Robert Rosas was murdered by seventeen year old Mexican national named Christian Alvarez who had crossed illegally into the U.S. to commit a crime.
Alvarez's guilty plea ends the legal process in this particular case, but the murder of Rosas should be another wake up call to the Department of Homeland Security that the border is still much to porous. If a seventeen year old kid can shoot an agent with his own gun than how safe are we from smugglers and terrorists who could do even more grievous harm? One dead agent is bad enough, but if Mexican smugglers help al-Qaeda terrorists sneak a dirty bomb or even a nuke into San Diego...it would be what people call a game changer.
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Robbing an armed officer?
And the first time he appears in court is to plead guilty after the deal has been made? And they announce it after the appearance? Something just does not seem right.
Ends the legal process? Did you miss the fact that other shooters are still out there?
This is blog...right? You can't be a real reporter.
Where are you getting your facts from? "Shot with own gun?" "Mexican smuggler and A-Q?" "Dirty bombs and nukes in San Diego?"
Your smokin' too much homegrown there "Michael Phelps."
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