-Caveat Lector- Mexicans Offer $10,000 Bounty for Dead U.S. Border Patrol Agent UPI McALLEN, Texas – A Mexican group is offering a $10,000 bounty to anyone killing a U.S. Border Patrol agent. Carlos Ibarra Perez, president of the Citizens Defense Committee, made the offer Monday in front of city hall in Reynosa, Mexico, the McAllen (Texas) Monitor reported Tuesday. Ibarra Perez said he was angry about the slayings and abuse of illegal aliens in the United States. "We are ready to defend ourselves," he said. "I am not a terrorist. I'm a defender of the people." Ibarra Perez said he was speaking for 5,000 people who were willing to contribute to the bounty fund. Jesus Rocha, a neighborhood leader in Reynosa and a member of the committee, told the Monitor that while he personally would not kill an agent, he supported the bounty offer. "We are not afraid," he said. "I'm in support of everything that Ibarra said." The Border Patrol was taking the threat seriously along the 2,000- mile Mexico-U.S. border. "Agents have been advised to be constantly aware of their surroundings and exercise extreme caution," said Gustavo de la Vina, chief of the Border Patrol in Washington. The U.S. attorney's office in Arizona also has begun an investigation of the threat, according to the Immigration and Naturalization Service. The bounty was sparked by recent killings and threats against illegal aliens crossing the border into the United States, especially in Arizona, where vigilante groups have been formed. Ranchers have formed patrols along the border because of increased vandalism and trespassing. In May, two illegal aliens were slain in south Texas. One was shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent during a struggle for the agent's baton at Brownsville, and a second was allegedly gunned down by a Bracketville, Texas, man who had ordered the victim off his property. (C)UPI. All Rights Reserved.. http://www.newsmax.com/ <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
