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05-20-11, 08:03 PM
Special units rescue Tucson man held for ransom, Phoenix police say (http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/05/20/20110520tucson-ransom-victim-rescued-phoenix-police-abrk20-ON.html)
The article doesn't say but this is classic human smuggling behavior. "weapons violations" are sometimes an indicator but can can also mean "prior felon." They are under 21 so that could also be a "concealed" issue. Sometimes they arrest illegal immigrants on weapons violations as it is apparently illegal to possess a handgun without residence status. Go figure how that is okay with Obama Justice Administration even though it's entirely federal (just like immigration). The piece that is annoying is the immigration status of the offenders. When a Hispanic man ambushed and killed a police officer last week, it was initially believed, wrongly, that he was a citizen and the paper had that in their initial report so they are very sensitive to immigration status but apparently only when it looks like the criminals aren't here illegally.
It's sad that the news organizations completely ignores this as a consequence of illegal immigration.
My own view: Despite the rhetoric the papers report about Arizona SB1070 immigration laws and Arizona police, the journalists know that victims are not arrested for immigration violations. The illegal immigrants however are reluctant to come forward (as they read the garbage the journalists write about SB1070). So the press intervened and notified police. It's pathetic to know that the same journalists/organizations will repeat lies about "victims being deported by racist cops" while knowing it isn't true and willing to bet the lives of other people on it.
The news is extremely reluctant to look at these incidents as related to cartels. Kidnapping people off the street of an American city for ransom doesn't seem to be all that common. It is very common in Mexico City and Ciudad Juarez.
A Tucson man who was run off the road and held for ransom was rescued this week by Phoenix police, with the help of a media organization, authorities said Friday.
Police were tipped off Wednesday by a news crew that had been contacted by the kidnapping victim's sister, Sgt. Steve Martos of Phoenix police said.
The victim's brother-in-law was en route from Tucson to Phoenix on Wednesday to pay the ransom when the Police Department's Home Invasion Kidnapping Enforcement team interceded and helped devise a plan for him to meet the abductors at a restaurant near 23rd Avenue and Thomas Road, Martos said.
The police team, assisted by a Special Assignments Unit, rescued the man, who authorities said was bound with duct tape covering his eyes and bounding his hands.
The two suspects were taken into custody without incident. Police say Luis Alberto Cervantes, 20, and Gabriel Luz-Hernandez, 20, were armed with handguns at the time of their arrest; they were each booked on kidnapping, extortion, weapons violations and armed robbery.
The victim, identified only as a 21-year-old man, was driving in his vehicle when he was run off the road, put into the trunk of a car and taken to a house in Phoenix, Martos said. He suffered minor injuries and has since returned to Tucson with his sister and her husband, authorities said.
The article doesn't say but this is classic human smuggling behavior. "weapons violations" are sometimes an indicator but can can also mean "prior felon." They are under 21 so that could also be a "concealed" issue. Sometimes they arrest illegal immigrants on weapons violations as it is apparently illegal to possess a handgun without residence status. Go figure how that is okay with Obama Justice Administration even though it's entirely federal (just like immigration). The piece that is annoying is the immigration status of the offenders. When a Hispanic man ambushed and killed a police officer last week, it was initially believed, wrongly, that he was a citizen and the paper had that in their initial report so they are very sensitive to immigration status but apparently only when it looks like the criminals aren't here illegally.
It's sad that the news organizations completely ignores this as a consequence of illegal immigration.
My own view: Despite the rhetoric the papers report about Arizona SB1070 immigration laws and Arizona police, the journalists know that victims are not arrested for immigration violations. The illegal immigrants however are reluctant to come forward (as they read the garbage the journalists write about SB1070). So the press intervened and notified police. It's pathetic to know that the same journalists/organizations will repeat lies about "victims being deported by racist cops" while knowing it isn't true and willing to bet the lives of other people on it.
The news is extremely reluctant to look at these incidents as related to cartels. Kidnapping people off the street of an American city for ransom doesn't seem to be all that common. It is very common in Mexico City and Ciudad Juarez.
A Tucson man who was run off the road and held for ransom was rescued this week by Phoenix police, with the help of a media organization, authorities said Friday.
Police were tipped off Wednesday by a news crew that had been contacted by the kidnapping victim's sister, Sgt. Steve Martos of Phoenix police said.
The victim's brother-in-law was en route from Tucson to Phoenix on Wednesday to pay the ransom when the Police Department's Home Invasion Kidnapping Enforcement team interceded and helped devise a plan for him to meet the abductors at a restaurant near 23rd Avenue and Thomas Road, Martos said.
The police team, assisted by a Special Assignments Unit, rescued the man, who authorities said was bound with duct tape covering his eyes and bounding his hands.
The two suspects were taken into custody without incident. Police say Luis Alberto Cervantes, 20, and Gabriel Luz-Hernandez, 20, were armed with handguns at the time of their arrest; they were each booked on kidnapping, extortion, weapons violations and armed robbery.
The victim, identified only as a 21-year-old man, was driving in his vehicle when he was run off the road, put into the trunk of a car and taken to a house in Phoenix, Martos said. He suffered minor injuries and has since returned to Tucson with his sister and her husband, authorities said.