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Another border patrol agent who was prosecuted for doing his job.(Inside Track)(Robert Rhodes)(Brief article)
Another case has recently come to light involving the malicious prosecution of a Customs and Border Patrol agent with eerie parallels to the Compean and Ramos case. Former Border Patrol officer Robert Rhodes is suing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for $25 million for wrongful prosecution. He was acquitted in 2005 of violating the civil fights of a Chinese national by allegedly using excessive force arresting her.
Zhao Yan along with two other women were arrested as suspected drug smugglers at the Rainbow Bridge at the U.S.-Canada border in 2004. All three attempted to flee, and when Rhodes caught up with Zhao she resisted arrest by kicking, punching, and scratching him. Rhodes used pepper spray to subdue her. Once in custody, she was quickly released.
Shortly afterwards, the Chinese government intervened to get agent Rhodes prosecuted. Then-U.S. ...
- Robert Rhodes, Audrey McKibbin Moran, and Barbara "Babs" Suddath...
- Magazine article from: Florida Bar News June 1, 2005 700+ words
Robert Rhodes, Audrey McKibbin Moran, and Barbara "Babs" Suddath Strickland are members of the inaugural board of trustees for Florida Coastal School of Law, part of the InfiLaw consortium of law schools.
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- General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony September 1, 2009 700+ words
...824 August 31, 2009 The U.S. Border Patrol, part of the Department of Homeland...and apprehension of illegal aliens, Border Patrol agents at checkpoints screen vehicles...communities. GAO work included a review of Border Patrol data and guidance; visits to checkpoints...
- Border Patrol Job Application Hotline to Open Next Week
- Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire November 13, 1996 700+ words
...applicants seeking positions as U.S. Border Patrol agents. Interviews and tests for...to recruit more than 1,100 new Border Patrol agents in 1997 for assignment to the Southwest border. The Border Patrol is part of INS, which has jurisdiction...
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Dillow, Gordon January 2, 1996 700+ words
...levee near the Colorado River, U.S. Border Patrol Agent Steve Johnson is reading by the...footprints, in fact. Like a lot of Border Patrol agents here in the Yuma border sector...play in this dry, rugged country as Border Patrol agents use ancient methods to battle...
- Private contractor may help Border Patrol.
- Newspaper article from: Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX) September 7, 2007 700+ words
...Byline: David McLemore DALLAS _ The Border Patrol runs glossy Web videos and ads during...private agents to temporarily augment the Border Patrol's mission along the Mexican border...said spokeswoman Shea Snider. Border Patrol officials say that they don't need...
- Private contractor may help Border Patrol: DynCorp wants to hire temporary...
- Newspaper article from: Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX) September 7, 2007 700+ words
...Byline: David Mclemore Sep. 7--The Border Patrol runs glossy Web videos and ads during...private agents to temporarily augment the Border Patrol's mission along the Mexican border...said spokeswoman Shea Snider. Border Patrol officials say that they don't need...
- INS Names New Tucson Border Patrol Chief.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 24, 1999 700+ words
...new Chief Patrol Agent of the Tucson Border Patrol Sector. Aguilar, one of the key architects...Assistant Regional Director for the Border Patrol in the agency's Central Regional...said Gus de la Vina, Chief of the Border Patrol. "His expertise and leadership have...
