Border Agents murderer confesses.
Arraigned in US Federal Court today
Friday, November 20, 2009
By Carl Braun
Examiner.com
The murderer of Border Agent Robert Rosas was arraigned today in US Federal Court. (US Border Patrol)
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A 17 -year old Mexican male surrendered to authorities and was arraigned in San Diego Federal Court Friday morning for the murder of US Border Patrol Agent Robert Rosas on July 23rd 2009. In a plea agreement, Christian Daniel Castro-Alvarez said through an interpreter that he illegally crossed into the United States and lured Rosas from his vehicle in order to rob him. A struggle ensued and the youth shot Rosas several times along with another person. Castro Alverez was also injured during the altercation. He claims it was an accident and his lawyer describes him as deeply remorseful.He plead guilty to murdering a Federal Officer during a robbery and aiding and abetting. He will be sentenced on February 19th 2010 and faces life in prison. Details of the plea agreement have not been released. The FBI is still investigating.
Carl Braun is an analyst for the Homeland Security Policy Institute Group and he’s logged 5,000-plus hours on the border. He has written several books including his most recent on Border Insecurity, “Above All Else”
. Contact Carl at Carl.Braun@BPAUX.org.
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