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October 15, 2007 03:32 PM

Brack

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March 2, 2007

Comment updated October 15, 2007 03:34 PM

Hi! The Following Recent News Article is from World-Net-Daily:

INVASION USA
Jailed Texas deputy scheduled for release
U.S. Border Watch announces welcome home event for Hernandez

Posted: October 11, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern

A welcome home party is being planned in Rocksprings, Texas, for a deputy sheriff who was prosecuted and sentenced to prison for shooting at the tires of a van carrying Mexican illegal aliens who had tried to run over him.

The announcement comes from http://www.usborderwatch.com/"> color="#0000ff">U.S. Border Watch, which has monitored the case of Guillermo Hernandez as well as several other cases involving border security.

"We ask you to join U.S. Border Watch, the Town of Rocksprings, Texas, family members and countless supportive friends [in] a spectacular Welcome Home Party for Gilmer," said the announcement. The event, about which more details will be released later, is set for Oct. 20.

The organization said Hernandez is expected to be released Oct. 15. "This fine young deputy and his family have suffered a great deal as a pawn of our government," said the announcement. "We need to show America we believe in him and what he stands for."

As WND reported, U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton, whom President Bush identified as a good friend, prosecuted Hernandez for injuring two Mexican illegal aliens in a van. Hernandez fired at the van's tires as the illegals escaped from a routine traffic stop, attempting to run over the officer as they drove away.

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Hernandez was sentenced to one year plus one day in prison after Sutton's office had recommended seven years. Hernandez decided not to appeal his case, choosing to serve the short sentence rather than risk another trial and possibly a longer sentence. He reported for his term earlier this year, and it was subject to routine allowances for good behavior and other factors.

U.S. Border Watch raised funds to provide for the deputy's family while he was serving the penalty demanded by the Mexican government.

As WND reported Sutton decided to prosecute Hernandez only after the Mexican consulate wrote letters demanding it. An investigation by the Texas Rangers concluded Hernandez did nothing wrong in discharging his weapon at the fleeing van.

Hernandez a few months ago was transferred from a Texas prison to a federal facility in another state and placed in the general population, according to his former boss, Sheriff Don Letsinger, who believes the officer's life was endangered by the move and told WND Hernandez asked his family to not contact him in the federal prison.

The office of Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, which has been following the case, confirmed to WND Hernandez has been transferred.

Sutton also was the prosecutor who pursued the cases against U.S. Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean for firing their weapons in pursuit of a fleeing Mexican illegal alien drug smuggler.

Sutton also prosecuted Border Patrol Agent Noe Aleman for lying in his attempt to legally adopt his wife's three young nieces from Mexico.

Ramos and Compean are serving 11- and 12-year terms respectively. Aleman is serving a six-month sentence.

Here is the link to this News Article:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=58086

This is really Great News that Texas deputy Gilmer Hernandez is being released from jail today. However, we still need to keep on working in getting former Border Patrol agents Ramos, Compean and Noe Aleman Free! They are also victims of Attorney Johnny "House of death" Sutton very Way Overzealous Prosecution.

October 17, 2007 02:59 PM

Brack

Member Since:
March 2, 2007

The Following Recent News article is also from World-Net-Daily:

INVASION USA
Texas deputy freed from prison
Says Mexican consulate, prosecutor set him up

Posted: October 16, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern

By Jerome R. Corsi
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com

A former deputy sheriff in Texas, jailed for shooting at a van loaded with illegal aliens whose driver was trying to run him down, has been released from prison and says he was set up by the Mexican consulate and the prosecutor.

Former Deputy Sheriff Gilmer Hernandez was released yesterday from a halfway house, finishing the prison term to which he was sentenced for the shooting incident, in which two fleeing Mexican illegal aliens were wounded. He was in federal prison from Dec. 1, 2006, to Sept. 13, 2007, about 10 and a half months.

While he's happy to be home, Hernandez feels he suffered an injustice at the hands of the U.S. government, which acted at the direction of the Mexican government.

"The prosecution was not right," he told WND. "The prosecution used their tactics, which was a bunch of lies, let's put it that way, I would never have been prosecuted if the Mexican consulate had not demanded it."

As WND reported earlier, Rocksprings Sheriff Don Letsinger said investigators had no plans to bring charges against Hernandez until the Mexican government intervened and demanded the prosecution.

"Deputy Hernandez had a right to stop that vehicle," Letsinger told WND. "Can you look at what happened and say that Deputy Hernandez intentionally wanted to injure someone in that vehicle? You cannot. Deputy Hernandez did not want to injure anyone that day. He fired at the tires to stop the vehicle and he was justified in doing so."

WND also reported the incident was investigated by the Texas Rangers who also did not recommend Hernandez be prosecuted.

"I was doing my job out there," Hernandez told WND yesterday. "It was a split-second decision and I feared for my life. I discharged my weapon at the tires to stop the van, not to injure anybody. I was trying to save myself and others. The vehicle was trying to run over me and I was concerned innocent people were going to get hurt."

He served more than seven months, from Dec. 1, 2006, to June 7, 2007, in solitary confinement.

"The visits of my wife and hearing her on the phone sustained me while I was in total lock-down," Hernandez told WND in an exclusive telephone interview. "The letters I got from home and my faith pulled me through the hardest times."

He's re-united with his wife and 14-month-old daughter in Rocksprings, Texas, now.

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"I feel good and my family feels good," he told WND. "It feels great to be back home, with my wife and my daughter."

Hernandez was sentenced to one year plus one day in federal prison, even though federal prosecutors had recommended a much more severe seven-year prison term for Hernandez.

Jimmy Parks, defense counsel for Hernandez, told WND in a telephone interview yesterday that Hernandez chose not to appeal his conviction largely because of the light sentence.

"Gilmer loves his family," Parks told WND. "He wanted to get back to his family quickly, so he could put this incident behind him."

Parks explained that Hernandez might still be waiting the decision of the appellate court.

"Even if he got a new trial," Parks explained to WND, "there was no certainty he would be found innocent. If convicted he might have been given a much more severe sentence. He did not want to take the risk."

Unless he is pardoned, Hernandez will face the rest of his life as a convicted felon.

"Gilmer is a hard-working young man who loves his family," Parks said. "He is doing his best not to feel embittered, betrayed by the government."

Hernandez told WND that he has a job to begin working with the telephone company at the end of this month.

Here is the Link to this News Article:

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=58166

It is truly Great News that Deputy Gilmer Hernandez is back home with his family and close friends. However, we still need to keep on working in getting former Border Patrol agents Ramos, Compean and Noe Aleman Free, and also to get Attorney Johnny "House of death" Sutton Fired and Disbarred.

October 17, 2007 03:35 PM

americafirst

Member Since:
September 9, 2007

Brack said:
The Following Recent News article is also from World-Net-Daily:

INVASION USA
Texas deputy freed from prison
Says Mexican consulate, prosecutor set him up

Posted: October 16, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern

By Jerome R. Corsi
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com

A former deputy sheriff in Texas, jailed for shooting at a van loaded with illegal aliens whose driver was trying to run him down, has been released from prison and says he was set up by the Mexican consulate and the prosecutor.

Former Deputy Sheriff Gilmer Hernandez was released yesterday from a halfway house, finishing the prison term to which he was sentenced for the shooting incident, in which two fleeing Mexican illegal aliens were wounded. He was in federal prison from Dec. 1, 2006, to Sept. 13, 2007, about 10 and a half months.

While he's happy to be home, Hernandez feels he suffered an injustice at the hands of the U.S. government, which acted at the direction of the Mexican government.

"The prosecution was not right," he told WND. "The prosecution used their tactics, which was a bunch of lies, let's put it that way, I would never have been prosecuted if the Mexican consulate had not demanded it."

As WND reported earlier, Rocksprings Sheriff Don Letsinger said investigators had no plans to bring charges against Hernandez until the Mexican government intervened and demanded the prosecution.

"Deputy Hernandez had a right to stop that vehicle," Letsinger told WND. "Can you look at what happened and say that Deputy Hernandez intentionally wanted to injure someone in that vehicle? You cannot. Deputy Hernandez did not want to injure anyone that day. He fired at the tires to stop the vehicle and he was justified in doing so."

WND also reported the incident was investigated by the Texas Rangers who also did not recommend Hernandez be prosecuted.

"I was doing my job out there," Hernandez told WND yesterday. "It was a split-second decision and I feared for my life. I discharged my weapon at the tires to stop the van, not to injure anybody. I was trying to save myself and others. The vehicle was trying to run over me and I was concerned innocent people were going to get hurt."

He served more than seven months, from Dec. 1, 2006, to June 7, 2007, in solitary confinement.

"The visits of my wife and hearing her on the phone sustained me while I was in total lock-down," Hernandez told WND in an exclusive telephone interview. "The letters I got from home and my faith pulled me through the hardest times."

He's re-united with his wife and 14-month-old daughter in Rocksprings, Texas, now.

(Story continues below)

"I feel good and my family feels good," he told WND. "It feels great to be back home, with my wife and my daughter."

Hernandez was sentenced to one year plus one day in federal prison, even though federal prosecutors had recommended a much more severe seven-year prison term for Hernandez.

Jimmy Parks, defense counsel for Hernandez, told WND in a telephone interview yesterday that Hernandez chose not to appeal his conviction largely because of the light sentence.

"Gilmer loves his family," Parks told WND. "He wanted to get back to his family quickly, so he could put this incident behind him."

Parks explained that Hernandez might still be waiting the decision of the appellate court.

"Even if he got a new trial," Parks explained to WND, "there was no certainty he would be found innocent. If convicted he might have been given a much more severe sentence. He did not want to take the risk."

Unless he is pardoned, Hernandez will face the rest of his life as a convicted felon.

"Gilmer is a hard-working young man who loves his family," Parks said. "He is doing his best not to feel embittered, betrayed by the government."

Hernandez told WND that he has a job to begin working with the telephone company at the end of this month.

Here is the Link to this News Article:

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=58166

It is truly Great News that Deputy Gilmer Hernandez is back home with his family and close friends. However, we still need to keep on working in getting former Border Patrol agents Ramos, Compean and Noe Aleman Free, and also to get Attorney Johnny "House of death" Sutton Fired and Disbarred.

WELCOME HOME GILMER - three to go....

"If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. Of all the enemies to public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes; and armies, and debts, and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few. The loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or imagined, from abroad." -- James Madison

October 17, 2007 05:25 PM

Jason Baker

Member Since:
February 14, 2007

Great news!!!!!

Alabama born and bred. Where we "Dare Defend our Rights!"

October 17, 2007 06:42 PM

Brack

Member Since:
March 2, 2007

Comment updated October 17, 2007 06:44 PM

(CM) Jason Baker said: Great news!!!!!

This is really very great News indeed! He is back with his family and with his close friends where he belongs. May God Truly Bless Him and His family, from here on out.

Jailed Texas Deputy scheduled for release

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