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 Media
Ignore Mexican Gov't Brutality
Central American immigrants...
[Jm
Kouri] 4/25/06
If the news
media were truly unbiased in their reportage of Mexican illegal
immigration and told the whole story, Americans would be shocked
at the degree of Presidente Vicente Fox's hypocrisy.
For instance,
in a recent press release the Mexican government slammed Georgia's
new illegal immigration law saying "it a half-measure
that discriminates against Mexicans."
Ruben Aguilar,
spokesman for President Vicente Fox, told reporters Tuesday
morning that implementing parts of the Georgia law could result
in "acts of discrimination" against Mexicans living
in Georgia.
"It's
the position of [Fox] that the half-measures in this law are
insufficient to resolve ... the complex phenomenon of immigration
between Mexico and the United States," Aguilar
said.
Contributor
Jim
Kouri
Jim
Kouri, CPP is currently fifth vice-president of the
National Association of Chiefs of Police. He's former
chief at a New York City housing project in Washington
Heights nicknamed "Crack City" by reporters
covering the drug war in the 1980s. In addition, he
served as director of public safety at a New Jersey
university. He's also served on the National
Drug Task Force and trained police and security officers
throughout the country. He writes for many police
and crime magazines including Chief of Police, Police
Times, The Narc Officer, Campus Law Enforcement Journal,
and others. He's appeared as on-air commentator
for over 100 TV and radio news and talk shows including
Oprah, McLaughlin Report, CNN Headline News, MTV, Fox
News, etc. His book Assume The Position is available
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at local bookstores. Kouri holds a bachelor of science
in criminal justice and master of arts in public administration
and he's a board certified protection professional. [go
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However,
Fox and his government appear to be unwilling to acknowledge
their own hypocisy in dealing with illegal immigrants who enter
Mexico from Central
American countries. Considered felons by the Mexican government, these immigrants
fear detention, rape and robbery. Police and soldiers hunt them down at railroads,
bus stations and fleabag hotels. Sometimes they are deported; more often officers
beat them and simply take their money and possessions.
Besides the
news media's overall silence on illegal immigrants being terrorized,
robbed and killed by Mexican authorities, the Bush Administration
and US lawmakers are equally silent. They allow Fox and his
flunkies to denigrate and scold Americans who call for tougher
border security and a sane immigration policy while the blood
of Central Americans who've entered or attempted to enter Mexico
across its southern border stains their own hands.
While illegal
immigrants in the United States have held huge rallies in recent
weeks, the thousands and thousands of undocumented Central
Americans in Mexico endure their inhumane treatment in silent
fear. In fact, Mexico's constitution prohibits non-citizens
from participating in protests or other public demonstrations
against the Mexican government.
And while
President Fox demands humane treatment for his countrymen who
break US immigration laws to enter and remain in the US, Mexico
provides few if any protections for its own illegal immigrant
population.
The level
of police brutality Central American illegal immigrants endure
in Mexico was apparent Monday, when a police raid near a rail
yard outside Mexico City ended in the death of an innocent
man. Mexican cops shot and killed a local man, because the
poor soul's appearance made officers think he was a immigrant.
According to the Washington Times, undocumented Central Americans complain
much more about how they are treated by Mexican officials than about authorities
on the US side of the border, where aliens may resent being caught but often
praise the professionalism of the agents scouring the desert for their trail.
If an immigrant is carrying any money, Mexican police officers or soldiers
take it from the hapless illegal immigrant. And it's not just local cops: Federal
and state police officers are equally corrupt and brutal. There is no such
thing as a sanctuary city in Mexico. And the illegal immigrants are lucky if
the are confronted by police officers; the soldiers are far worse in their
treatment of these foreigners.
While most
countries including the United States have some police corruption,
the level of corruption in Mexico is shocking. To many, the
only difference between Mexican organized crime gangs and the
police is that the cops wear uniforms and badges.
While the
Bush Administration praises Mexican cooperation with fighting
a war on drugs, most law enforcement commanders know better.
The Mexican government has been bought and sold by the drug
gangs. The only time there is a crackdown on a drug gang is
when a rival drug gang "requests" police action in
order to eliminate their competition.
Mexico’s
President Vicente Fox has called US residents’, who live
along the US-Mexico border, plans to build a fence along their
properties “shameful”. What's shameful, Mr. Presidente,
is your hypocrisy, lies and corruption. -CRO-
Sources: Santa Ana, CA Police Department, Federal Bureau
of Investigation, US Attorney's Office, California Highway
Patrol, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, National
Association of Chiefs of Police, American Federation of Police
copyright
2006 Jim Kouri
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