Guilty verdict in Border Patrol smuggling case

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(AP) SAN DIEGO - A federal jury in San Diego has convicted two former Border Patrol agents of human smuggling in one of the highest-profile corruption cases in the last decade.

Raul and Fidel Villarreal (VEE'-uh-ray-AL) were found guilty Friday of conspiracy to bring in illegal immigrants for financial gain and other counts.

Raul Villarreal was long a public face of the Border Patrol who frequently appeared on television as an agency spokesman.

Prosecutors say he started a smuggling ring that brought Mexicans and Brazilians to the U.S. illegally in Border Patrol vehicles and made his older brother and fellow agent Fidel one of his first recruits.

Prosecutors say the brothers abruptly quit the Border Patrol in June 2006 after being tipped they were under investigation. They were arrested in Tijuana in 2008.

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What the article does not mention is the 125 other customs and border patrol officers currently in jail or prison for cooperating the with the cartels.

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I remember when California tried to enact laws giving out severe fines and jail time to businesses hiring illegal labor, the GOP whined and protested until the idea was nixed.

On the GOP side as one of the main opponents of the law was none other than Lou Dobbs, former CNN economic fascism cheerleader.

Maybe he got his heart broken by a Latino girl (or boy, you never know, but he does set off gaydar alarms), because he is now the spokesman for ever more Nazi-esque tactics that harass Latino people, regardless of citizenship.

As this case illustrates, it is best to examine closely those screaming loudest to adopt racism as a tool of governance, as they are most likely the ones practising exactly that which they preach against