Latin Kings gang tattoos can get you busted by the Border Patrol
by Hugh Holub on Aug. 18, 2011, under border issues, border patrol, border patrol tucson sector, politicsPress Release from US Customs and Border Protection August 17, 2011:
Media Informational
TUCSON, Ariz. — The following is a rundown of activities that occurred during the past 36 hours within the Tucson Sector. This is only a thumbnail of each incident.
Arrests
(WCX) CBP officers assisting Border Patrol agents at the State Route 80 checkpoint last night encountered two males in a black sedan and directed them for a secondary inspection. Instead, they fled the checkpoint. Agents later found the vehicle abandoned about nine miles away. Inside the vehicle, they found 18 bricks of marijuana weighing 32 pounds. The narcotics, valued at $16,000, and vehicle were processed for seizure.
(AJO) Agents, working in the West Desert Tuesday, apprehended a 30-year-old man with tattoos consistent with the Latin Kings gang. He is being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for illegal entry.
(CAG) Agents arrested a citizen of Guatemala in the Casa Grande area Monday. Records revealed the 28-year-old male is a former 13th Street Sureño gang member with prior immigration violations. He is being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for illegal entry.
(DGL) Monday, agents assisting with southbound operations at the Douglas Port encountered a 16-year-old female, traveling with her grandmother. The girl fit the description of a missing person/runaway and was taken to the Douglas Police Department and Child Protective Services was contacted.
Since launching the Southwest Border Initiative in March 2009, the Department of Homeland Security has made significant investments toward establishing a secure and safe border environment to improve the quality of life in Arizona’s communities.
Customs and Border Protection appreciates assistance from the community. Suspicious activity can be reported by calling the Border Patrol at 1-877-872-7435. All calls are answered and remain anonymous.
~CBP~
August 18th, 2011 on 2:28 pm
Betcha these losers will now be able to remain here illegally due to Oshama giving illegals a free reign and no deportation.
As legal Americans, we really need to push our elected so-called representatives and find a way to DEMAND ICE and DHS do their jobs, which is to deport all illegals.
August 18th, 2011 on 6:08 pm
And Bush II did what for 8 years regarding our border? Oh, yeah – “No Child Left Behind” plus started 2 wars rather than securing our borders (a problem left by Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Ford, Nixon, etc). If McCain would have won the last election not much would have changed, either.
I’m not saying that ICE and DHS should NOT do their jobs — they definitely need to step it up! With the recent fiasco regarding our nation’s budget, what makes one think that the bureaucracy surrounding the immigration issue or the security of our borders would be any different?
Maybe if the United States didn’t have such an appetite for drugs the issue would be somewhat more manageable.
August 29th, 2011 on 7:57 am
A Latin Kings tattoo should get you busted and thrown out of the country, inking yourself with a gang tattoo just tells me your too damn stupid to be here in the first place. We can use more educated immigrants not idiots, we got plenty of fence painters, poop pickers and broom pushers we don’t need any more.