Why?

Run for the Border

Susana Loera remembers the first time she heard her boss tell somebody to break the law. It was in early 2004, and the parents of a Mexican man arrested in Dallas had come to the consulate seeking advice. Luis Lara, Mexican vice consul for protection, found out that U.S. immigration had neglected to put a deportation hold on the prisoner, meaning he could still be released on bail. Lara turned to the anxious parents as Loera stood nearby.

"He said, 'My advice to you is to go bond him out now and go back to Mexico,'" Loera says. "He said, 'If he stays here, he's going to get convicted. The American justice system is very corrupt. He's going to get an outlandish sentence, so you need to bond him out now and run to Mexico.'" *snip*

Lara explained that if he helped her, the consulate would be open to the accusation that it had aided in the prosecution of a Mexican national. He suggested she forget the whole thing and go home to Mexico, she says, even offering her money to help her on her way. "I told him that the only family I had in Mexico was Garcia's family, and that they would kill me and my daughter if I went back," Mendez says.

Okay, allow me to say up front, Mexico suggesting any other country in the galaxy is corrupt is a bit like Ted Kennedy heading up an intervention.

But, why would mexico be doing this?

I think it's PR. They know full well how much crime is committed by illegal aliens. They know that the media will not pursue aggressively any Mexican (mostly, though not entirely a Mexican problem) who flees justice over the border. So if the criminals get away the embarrassing problem of illegals goes away as well.

I think this is just one more cynical attempt by the Mexican government to maintain their profitable slave exports with the lucrative remittances that entails.

Thanks for today's giggle Mr. Mexican ambassador!

h/t The Minuteman Blog


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