Joe Horn Shootings: Dead Criminals Were Illegal Aliens; Part of Burglary Ring

As the saying goes, "More will be revealed." As the backgrounds of the two felons and other more damning information becomes known, I predict that Quanell X will quietly disappear from this whole affair . He won't be a man about it, he won't admit his wrong or apolgize to Joe Horn and his neighbors for his actions, he will just quietly fade from the scene.

It now turns out that our two "poor unfortunate" criminals were here illegally. The DPS had the two men "under observation" as part of an organized illegal immigration scheme. Here's a report from local CBS affiliate, KHOU Channel 11:

DPS was watching burglars shot by Horn

By Rucks Russell / KHOU 11 News
10:16 PM CST on Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Even before their deaths prompted a series of heated debates about the use of deadly force, detectives at the Department of Public Safety had their eye on Diego Ortiz and Miguel Dejesus.

The two were shot and killed by Joe Horn, a Pasadena man who thought they were burglarizing his neighbor’s home last month.

According to a DPS memo obtained by 11 News, the department was investigating the use of Puerto Rican birth certificates by Colombians seeking to obtain Texas driver’s licenses.

Both Ortiz and Dejesus had applied for licenses. Dejesus listed his country of origin as Puerto Rico, but both men were Colombian.

We are also finding out that the two men may also have been part of a burglary ring which targets legal aliens.

Joe Horn's neighbors were apparenly Vietnamese who had only moved in 4 months before the burglary. Police found approximately $2 thousand in cash in the bag the two crooks were carrying. Here is the latest from the Houston Chronicle:

2 shot in Pasadena here illegally
1 man had been deported in '99; officials looking at possible ties to a burglary ring

By ROBERT CROWE
Dec. 7, 2007, 1:23AM
Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle

Two burglary suspects shot by a Pasadena homeowner last month were illegal immigrants from Colombia, and one man had been deported nearly 10 years ago, authorities said Thursday.

Authorities also said they are investigating whether Diego Ortiz, 30, and Hernando Riascos Torres, 48, were part of a crime ring linked to burglaries and the use of fake immigration documents.

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Pasadena Police Department Capt. A.H. "Bud" Corbett said Torres was deported to Colombia in 1999 after a 1994 cocaine-related conviction. He was on parole until 2017, Corbett said.

Police found a Puerto Rican identification card on Ortiz. He had two aliases.

Torres had identification cards from Colombia, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. He had three aliases.

State and federal authorities are investigating whether the two men, who lived in southwest Houston, were involved in the crime ring, Corbett said.

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"I don't believe the victim was a random choice ... but there's no evidence of a relationship either," between the homeowners and suspects, Corbett said.

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"They targeted foreign-born people," Corbett said. "They felt they were easier victims."

Little is known about the homeowners, who have Vietnamese surnames.

Neighbors said they own a small business near their Village Grove East subdivision.

Records filed with the Office of the Secretary of State of Texas show that the family owns a dry cleaning business on Fairmont Parkway.

What we are finding out leads to the bigger question of illegal immigration and the urgent need to stem the growing tide of illegals entering the United States.

These people are demonstrating their utter contempt for our laws when they enter our country, so why should we be surprised when they turn out to be criminals?

When people feel free to flaunt the law, they are led to being contemptuous of all laws.

Long Live Our American Rupublic!!!

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