Mexican immigration official arrested for smuggling illegal aliens

MEXICO CITY - The U.S. Border Patrol arrested a Mexican immigration official who was allegedly trying to help a group of undocumented migrants sneak into the United States, the Mexican government said Sunday.

Immigration agent Francisco Javier Gutierrez was arrested at a checkpoint near Alamogordo, N.M., about 100 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border, the Mexican Interior Department said in a news release.

Gutierrez had been fired on corruption allegations last year but returned to his job after winning a court case in which he claimed he had been unfairly dismissed, according to the National Immigration Institute...

Immigration · Mon, 01/30/2006 - 03:20 · · Importance: 1

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This follows the format of a joke Gorbachov supposedly told during the Cold War, but it is updated. The origin of the modern version is unknown. But, it was recently heard at a down-home BBQ. It went approximately like this

Posted by: LomaAlta at Jan 30, 2006 6:13 PM

No doubt it pays better than his other job.

Posted by: eh at Jan 30, 2006 5:33 AM


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