Illegal Protest

I initially supported David Marlett and ProAmerica Companies and I added my consulting business to the early list of companies who pledged not to hire illegal aliens. Then I started to see some troubling things coming from David Marlett. In August, he seemingly attempted to sabotage a Voice of the People USA rally set for Harrisburg and he did so by making a big splashy statement about not participating in the rally because there were racists speaking. Later he retracted this but he had already done damage, which I believe was his intention. The Harrisburg rally was not as big as it could have been and I believe it was due to the sabotage by David Marlett.

After that and after others in this movement seemed to agree with that assessment, I stopped being part of ProAmerica Companies and essentially cut David Marlett off by not responding.

This Press Release is his final attempt to do damage to our movement. But now he will be outed as the saboteur he really is. The truth is, he lost support because we figured out that he was a rat, not because any of the companies he approached were lazy or refused to not hire illegal aliens. That is a bunch of CRAP because most of the companies who signed on were very small companies and many did not even HAVE employees!

A little digging into David Marlett’s history found that he is politically connected in Texas and was accused of doing something not so honest. The details escape me now and perhaps I will try to dig it up and link it, just to prove my point. What I read helped me tie together the actions of David Marlett in the present day and realize his true intentions may not have been so pure. It’s sad to see such people trying to masquerade as true patriots but we have Benedict Arnolds even today it seems.

Here is what William Gheen had to say about David Marlett and his “press release ”

Allied Immigration Enforcement Leaders:

I wanted to drop all of you a quick note with some new information of importance.

From time to time, ALIPAC has issued warnings to our friends about groups or leaders that were up to no good in our movement. While we have illustrated our desire for peace and cooperation among patriots, these warnings have been necessary for the betterment of our movement.

With each warning issued, there have been the standard replies of ‘I don’t want to hear that.” and “Let’s stop the infighting” and “We should all get along.” from a few people.

While I share those sentiments, we must also acknowledge that our movement is wide open to exploitation if we are unwilling to reveal the truth about some groups or individuals.

Today, I want to update you with an example.

On Friday August 31, 2007

I issued a warning to all of you titled

Urgent Warning to ALL immigration enforcement leaders
copy of message at this link…

http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-80672-david.html+marlett

This warning was issued to you after me, Peter Gadiel of 9/11 Families, Daniel Smeriglio of Voice of the People USA, and John Clark or AIC discovered that a newcomer named David Marlett of Pro America Companies was working with the opposition, using their attack language, and trying to sabatoge events and organizations behind the scenes.

Many of us had signed Marlett’s letter to authorities in New Jersey. This guy made a bee line straight towards the core of our movement where he then proceeded to try and wreak havoc while concealing his true intentions.

Thanks to our efforts to increase communications and cooperation between groups in our movement, we were able to detect what Marlett was doing, put the pieces of the puzzle together and warn each of you.

Most of you stopped responding to Marlett and his efforts failed.

Today, we have the final parting blow from David Marlett. Anyone that started a group or website usually would not press release or broadcast the failure of said group.

David Marlett just took a parting swipe at our movement on his way out of the door.

At this link, you can read the article where he communicates negative messages that his true masters at La Raza certainly enjoy. You can also see my response to the reporter.

For those of you that have expressed doubts about some of our warnings, I hope this will be an important eye opener for you.

We will not issue a warning or alert unless we A. have solid evidence of a significant problem with a leader or group and B. The dangers posed by that person outweigh the complications of issuing an alert.

See for yourselves by reading these…

Site rejecting illegal workers closing, citing lack of support
http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-106430-david.html+marlett

We want to thank all of you that took our warning seriously and responded. More thanks to all of you that are staying in contact with each other, sharing information and ideas, and trying to coordinate.

We already have a national coalition going on due to your efforts and that is helping our movement a great deal.

Yours in the cause,

William Gheen

Here is an example of his continued efforts to undermine the patriotic movement in another news article.

And here is his email to patriots explaining that he was wrong about claiming racists were involved in the Harrisburg rally so you can see how duplicitous he really is.

Here is a more detailed look at the events which clued us in to his true nature - back in August. You will notice that none of US have revealed this information about David Marlett and you will notice that nobody in OUR movement attempted to SMEAR him like he is apparently trying to do to US.

From William Gheen in August, 2007:

David Marlett pulled out of the Harrisburg rally claiming that several of the speakers lined up to be at the event had ties to racist groups including the MC. When Dan called me about this, I also discovered that Marlett was also claiming that ALIPAC was racist because we covered topics involving crimes by illegal aliens and disease rates.

I was very shocked to hear that on one hand he was asking me for all this help and asking me to meet with him and support him, while singing a completely different tune to other leaders I work with in this movement behind my back.

The other shocking turn of events was when his e-mail to Voice of the People claiming that the Master of Ceremonies and other speakers at this event had ties to racist groups quickly showed up on a pro-illegal alien opposition website called One People’s Project. All of the speakers lined up for Harrisburg are NOT RACIST and have been carefully screened and checked out by many people involved with the event.

Dan confronted him about this and Marlett claimed he had sent copies of the email to Dan, Col. Rodrigez, and Peter Gadiel and perhaps one of them leaked it to the opposition group! This is a ridiculous claim from what I know of these men and their loyalty to our cause.

Then the email was removed from the opposition site and Marlett told Dan that he had asked them to take it down and they did.

I have never seen a group leader’s e-mail to a handful of other leaders go up on an opposition website before. I have also never seen an opposition website ever remove anything at the request of one of our groups.

I politely confronted Mr. Marlett in an e-mail. I told him that ALIPAC makes every effort to avoid groups with racist connections and to please provide me with the list of speakers he believed had racist connections, his evidence, his source, and an explanation about how his e-mail with broad accusations of racism in our movement quickly went up
on an opposition website and then came back down upon his request.

He did issue an apology to John Clark of AIC who is the Master of Ceremonies and claimed his information about him was wrong, but in his emails to me he refused to provide any other names, evidence, or sources.

In his e-mail response, admits he is in collusion with One People’s Project and even La
Raza despite the fact he has made several statements criticizing La Raza.

This is not a case of leader announcing that they seek a dialogue with the opposition as some of us have done. This is a case of leader admitting ties to opposition groups after being cornered about leaking a hostile email to our opposition that contained unsubstantiated claims of racist affiliations.

The attempted sabotage has gotten worse. Someone called the wife of a Congressman from Georgia who was scheduled to speak at the Harrisburg event. The caller told his wife that many of the other speakers at this event had ties to racist groups and that ’someone’ had pulled out. The Congressman and his wife considered some of the language threatening and have contacted the FBI to investigate the caller. The Congressman did not show. The language in many of Marlett’s emails
hints at his believe he has sway over lawmakers that will not support events if
he does not.

There are more than five leaders close to this problem. Me, Dan Smeriglio (Voice of the People), Peter Gadiel (9/11 FSA), John Clark (AIC), and Ron Bass (United Patriots) all have been observing this situation. All arrows point to David Marlett of Pro American Companies as the source of these false accusations, leaks, and attempts to sabotage the Harrisburg event.

We have a man here who is trying his best to get in close to as many of the leaders in our movement as possible, who is making false accusations of racism within our movement, while both admitting to and illustrating his close ties with pro illegal alien opposition groups!

I am sending this e-mail to warn my fellow leaders that are committed to this cause so that you can hopefully avoid the difficulties that others are experiencing with David Marlett of Pro American Companies.

Dan Smeriglio of Voice of the People and I both stand ready to speak with you by phone or to answer any questions about this matter if it will help you in making determinations that are best for your organization and our movement’s success.

Yours in the cause,
William Gheen

Want more evidence? Here is an email exchange between one of the early companies who joined ProAmerica Companies and David Marlett after his most recent mea culpa email to all the “members” that ProAmerica Companies was “too expensive” to maintain. This shows that his true intention of ProAmerica Companies was not “for the cause” at all.

From: Maggie
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 9:57 AM
To: dmarlett@sbcglobal.net
Subject: Proamerica

Hello David,

I would be glad to take over “Pro America Companies” and everything else you have set up and carry on the mission. Let me know if this interests you.

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From: David Marlett [mailto:dmarlett@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 11:26 AM
To: ‘Maggie ‘
Subject: RE: ProamericaMaggie:

Thank you for the kind offer.

To keep the interactive database operational, it costs right at $100 per month. To do any growth and promotion, it costs significantly more…well into the thousands last year for me. If someone wanted to make a significant contribution to fund operations for a year, I would consider keeping it alive in its present form. Otherwise, it is ‘pushing a string uphill’ and not very effective at that.

David

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From: Maggie
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 10:29 AM
To: dmarlett@sbcglobal.net
Subject: RE: ProAmerica

Hello David,
I suggest turning it over to someone else then and allow them to “push the string”. After all, it is all about the “cause” is it not?

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From: David Marlett [mailto:dmarlett@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 11:41 AM
To: ‘Maggie’
Subject: RE: ProAmerica

Maggie:
I am interested in aiding new approaches and compromises that lead to solutions.
But not hardlined approaches — those are costing our “cause” to lose everything.

If someone can demonstrate the time and financial resources, and an aggressiveness to find real solutions, I welcome those discussions.

David

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From: Maggie
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 10:52 AM
To: dmarlett@sbcglobal.net
Subject: RE: ProAmerica

David,
I offered you a solution. You are choosing not to take it.

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From: David Marlett [mailto:dmarlett@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 3:31 PM
To: ‘Maggie ‘
Subject: RE: ProAmerica

Maggie:
Let’s not quarrel.
When I spoke of solutions, I was speaking about solutions to the national problem.
As for ’solutions’ to keeping ProAmerica alive, I have said my thoughts on it: the new leaders would have to show sufficient financial ability, and demonstrate/explain a national campaign and advocate a national solution that I was comfortable with.

David

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From: Maggie
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 3:31 PM
To: ‘dmarlett@sbcglobal.net’
Subject: RE: ProAmerica
David,

I don’t waste my time quarrelling with people. Obviously your way doesn’t work, face it. So if you are really as concerned with the “cause” as you profess, you need to lose the ego and stop with the BS. Actions ALWAYS speak louder than words.

Here is the content of the article from 2006 on David Marlett regarding his political activities and tendencies:

Published: September 20, 2006 01:32 am

Hall denies challenger’s allegations

By JANELLE STECKLEIN
Herald-Banner Staff

A candidate running for U.S. Congress has alleged that longtime incumbent Congressman Ralph Hall has been paid to cover up child prostitution and forced abortions — a charge which Hall vigorously denies.

Glenn Melancon, D-Sherman, also accuses Hall of publicly attacking a rape victim.

A postcard being distributed by the Melancon campaign reads: “When investigators discovered child prostitution and forced abortions on the Mariana Islands, Congressman Ralph Hall was paid for covering it up and publicly attacking one of the raped children.”

The postcard then directs people to view a Web site that repeats the allegations with more detail.

The Mariana Islands, which are a commonwealth of the United States, are located in the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and the Phililpines.

Hall, who has served the 4th district in Congress since 1980, called the attack “pitiful” and said he’s never publicly attacked one of the raped children.

“I feel storry for anyone who wants to be elected bad enough to defile someone’s character,” he said. “That’s an outright lie.”

Melancon says all the allegations are completely true.

“If it weren’t true, then we wouldn’t be saying it,” he said.

Both Melancon and his campaign manager, David Marlett, however, said the postcard is not a personal attack on Hall’s character.

“We’re not attacking him personally,” Marlett said, “We are attacking his policy decisions. We never intended to run a negative campaign.”

Marlett said he’s sad and embarrassed by Hall’s actions.

“We actually come into this with a heavy heart,” he said. “We weren’t hoping for this, we weren’t looking for it. It’s sad, and it’s gross. It’s embarassing.”

Hall says the Web site, which Melancon’s campaign said it backs, alleges that Hall has known that forced abortions, sex slavery, and sweatshops existed for years in the Mariana’s Islands, but never did anything.

Hall says yes he visited the islands 10 years ago, but he did not visit the islands in order to examine prostitution or other state rights. He went there at a request from various high-ranking members of the U.S. government regarding government strategy in the Pacific Rim region. He said he toured some factories and had a meeting with the governor.

“I have never been in one of the bordellos,” he said. “I had my wife with me (during the trip).”

He also says the Web site does not tell the whole story. He said in several speeches cited on the site, parts of the speeches he gave have been removed, and not in his favor.

“Anyone who knows me and knows my record, knows these allegations are untrue.”

Melancon has also alleged that Hall has accepted dirty campaign contributions from former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who faces charges of conspiracy and money laundering, and Jack Abramoff, who pleaded guilty in January to charges stemming from a public corruption investigation.

Hall said DeLay gave him money 10 years ago — a period of time when DeLay’s campaign contributions have not been questioned. Hall also cautioned that DeLay has still not been tried on the counts.

Hall also said he’s never met Abramoff and wouldn’t recognize him if he saw him.

Here is his original email attempting to undermine the Harrisburg rally:

From: David Marlett [mailto:dmarlett@proamericacompanies.com]
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 10:48 AM
To: Dan Smeriglio
Subject: Harrisburg Rally

Dan:

I regretfully must withdraw myself as a speaker at your Harrisburg, PA rally this coming Saturday, Sept. 1.

My reason is that some of the other speakers and the emcee have direct connections and/or membership with groups which have clear supremacist agendas, and groups which though they may not have direct supremacist agendas, do not denounce their historic connections with other groups of that ilk. So, simply said: I don’t want to share a stage with them on this pivotal issue….or any issue for that matter.

Protecting our national sovereignty, preserving the rule of law, protecting American (and legal immigrant) workers….has nothing to do with promoting one race or country or continent of origin, over another. In fact, quite the opposite. ProAmerica works to promote America’s genius, its hope and promise….as established and preserved by our cultural and racial diversity.

It is bad enough that the pro-illegal faction is led by the largest (and publicly funded) racist organizations in America today: La Raza. And the hypocrisy of SPLC for not denouncing La Raza seriously weakens the respectability of the SPLC’s voice in the modern struggles of our day. (Nevertheless, with or without the SPLC’s help, I hold on to the hope that there will come a day when we taxpayers will no longer be funding La Raza to the tune of tens of millions of dollars each year.) Meanwhile we must stand vigilant against any racist or pseudo-racist groups trying to glom onto our positive, Pro-ALL-Americans and Pro-ALL-Legal-Immigrants message.

I wish you well. I hope Voice of the People will overtly distance itself from anyone or any group who will not publicly denounce supremacist or ethnocentric groups or individuals. If you do, then ProAmerica would be more than happy to work with you as we all continue this fight to re-take America from its special interest and mega-corp overlords.

Call me if you want to discuss this.

And here is his bullshit retraction sent out just before the Harrisburg rally and AFTER the damage had already been done:

Ruth:

A week ago or so, I told you I had reason to believe some of the speakers at Harrisburg had ties to white supremacist groups. On Monday I officially declined to speak there on grounds that information. I made the mistake of saying that in an email, which was then leaked to others on the radical other side.

Today I learned how wrong I was about the original information, and I apologized in writing to those I offended.

So, that said, I just want the “rumor mill” to be clear.

I don’t harbor any such direct information about any speaker there, and I regret opening my big mouth to you directly and later in an email about it.

Sometimes I am guilty of being an idiot.

Hopefully not too often, but yes, sometimes.

I hope the rally goes well.

Because America Matters,

I hope this clears up the truth about David Marlett. I sincerely do not like to have to reveal this kind of information, but David Marlett has forced us to do so to defend ourselves. David Marlett is a traitor and nobody in the press should give him a voice.

This just in courtesy of The National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers. At what point did we allow the government of FOREIGN NATIONS to LOBBY our own government? At what point did we stop considering entertaining such as SEDITION?

Wake up people!

The United States of America is UNDER ASSAULT by many of our southern “so-called neighbors”. These are not friendly diplomatic endeavors. They aim to force the American taxpayer to continue to support the millions of THEIR CITIZENS who have come here illegally!

IF we let a foreign government come here and “campaign” it should ONLY be to encourage its citizens to GO HOME where they belong!

Prensa Libre (Guatemala City, Guatemala) 2/27/08

“The government of Guatemala’s president Alvaro Colom announced today that it will carry out a diplomatic offensive in the United States in favor of the thousands of Guatemalan migrants who live in that country.” The Minister of Foreign Relations, Haroldo Rodas, told reporters today that the offensive will begin with a visit to Washington set for April 28 when the president will meet his U.S. counterpart, George W. Bush.

“We are going to work not only with the present government but also with the Democrat and Republican candidates who are seeking power.”

All the more reason to NOT elect any more Republicans OR Democrats!!! Neither party represents WE THE PEOPLE any longer!

Rosa said they will also seek to meet with Congressional representatives to discuss the need to give impulse to an integral reform which will benefit the immigrants of this country. According to the Ministry of Foreign Relations 1.2 million Guatemalans live in this country, 60% of them undocumented. As part of the offensive the Guatemalan government is working closely with Mexico, Honduras and El Sakvador.

Check that line again:

The Minister of Foreign Relations, Haroldo Rodas, told reporters today that the offensive will begin with a visit to Washington set for April 28 when the president will meet his U.S. counterpart, George W. Bush.

Aren’t you even a little concerned that a government representative of a foreign nation is planning an OFFENSIVE on our government that will consist of a heavily marketed PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN?

This must stop and it must stop now!

So, Mexico is weighing in on the choices remaining for President that we have at this moment. They love ALL THREE! So what that tells me is - the choices we are being given has been orchestrated by the elites at the CFR. We have NO OTHER CHOICE but to accept open borders and the NAU.

It shows that “we the people” are no longer in control of our country. This means only one thing - it will take a lot of effort on the part of ordinary people to TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK! The elites want us to take it up the ying yang and enjoy it because it’s good for us to import millions of slaves from third world countries. Don’t you know?

Mexican President: Illegals Rescued by Elections

Thursday, February 7, 2008 12:10 PM

Eyeing the results so far in the U.S. presidential primary race, Mexican President Felipe Calderon said he is hopeful that the next administration in Washington will usher in reforms that would legalize the status of Mexican immigrants.

“It seems to me that the most radical and anti-immigrant candidates have been left behind and have been put in their place by their own electorate,” Calderon told the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday, the day after the Super Tuesday primaries.

“My hope is that whoever the next president is, and whoever is in the new Congress, will have a broader and more comprehensive view” of the immigration problem.

Calderon said he took heart from the Super Tuesday results, but did not mention specific candidates, the Times reported.

Calderon is about to embark on a 5-day U.S. trip that will end in California, where he is scheduled to meet with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and migrant groups.

Calderon said one goal of his U.S. trip would be to generate support for immigration reform that would permit millions of Mexican to work in the U.S.

He also told the Times that Americans would “sooner or later” come to understand that the health of the American economy is linked to integration with Mexico and “greater freedom in labor markets.”

[How about NEVER you scumbag!?]

The investigative work that makes up this post was exclusively conducted by myself, Ruth of IllegalProtest.com. Doing the job that the media won’t do. If you use this material, please give the credit to my hours of work.

I had many questions about the details of this story, that many in the media seemed all too happy to overlook in their zealous quest to elevate Jesus Manuel Cordova to hero status. Imagine that! An illegal alien who did something we would all consider normal human behavior - he chose not to abandon a 9 year old boy in the desert after the van his mother was driving rolled down a steep embankment in the desert.

So I requested and received a copy of the police report from the Santa Cruz Sheriff’s office. There are some very interesting differences in the report vs what was reported in the media.

Now I do agree that what Jesus Manuel Cordova did was indeed above and beyond what one would expect of a regular illegal alien who was sneaking into the US. He did a very kind thing by staying with the boy. However, he did not *rescue* the boy and after I received the initial police report of the incident today, I can safely say that perhaps he was actually *negligent* in his “heroic efforts”. A question came to my mind immediately upon reading through the report.

Here is the paragraph that begs for more information - this is the account given by Jesus Cordova to the police after the incident and it immediately follows his description of having encountered the boy in the area of the van accident approximately 1.5 hours after the accident (5:00pm) which had occurred at 3:30pm:

Manuel Jesus told me he approached the van and could hear a female’s voice complaining of pain or in agony. He told me he could not see or reach the female to aid her due to the rough and steep terrain. Manuel Jesus then told me he came back to the top of the canyon and started a campfire in hopes that someone would see the smoke and come to their aid.

Ok.. here is what bugs me about this. He HEARS the boy’s mother IN PAIN in the van. He tells the police he can’t reach her, but SHE WAS ALIVE WHEN CORDOVA ENCOUNTERED THE BOY AND THE ACCIDENT SCENE. It was 5pm - not exactly the dead of night. It was just beginning to get dark. They were located about 6 miles from State Route 289 and they were also about 6 miles from the Pena Blanca Lake campground where the boy and his mother had been staying.

And it gets better… this is what Cordova told Amanda Lee Myers of The Associated Press:

By the looks of the mangled van down below, Cordova said, it was obvious the boy’s mother had died. The child was distraught but did not cry.

“I felt frustrated and sad because I couldn’t do anything for the mother,” Cordova said. “And I didn’t know how to console the boy, so I just sat next to him.”

Cordova gave the boy the sweater he was wearing, climbed down to the van and found chocolate and cookies to feed him.

So Cordova was able to get to the van and find chocolate and cookies but he couldn’t help the mother? You would think a “hero” would have tried to get help for the mother while she was still alive. What kind of person makes a fire and sits next to it for fourteen hours while a woman lay dying nearby?

AND he told the police who couldn’t reach the van.. but he told Amanda Myers of the AP that he was able to find chocolate and cookies in the van.. Anyone thinking to ask Mr Cordova a few more questions???

If he were truly a hero as everyone is making him out to be, he would have tried to get help RIGHT AWAY before the boy’s mother died HOURS LATER while in agony the entire time. What kind of hero is that I ask you?

Thanks to Digger for reading the police report and finding this little gem of information in it regarding the condition of Dawn Tomko’s body found by the firefighter Teddy Sang:

Teddy Sang stated that he noticed the onset of rigor mortis.

This was after he pronounced her dead at 8:23am. So if you know anything about how long it takes for rigor mortis to set in, then that means Dawn Tomko, the boy’s mother, did not die until 3 or 4am.. about TEN HOURS after the so-called hero Jesus Manuel Cordova came upon the scene. Rigor mortis does not occur for at LEAST 3 hours after a person has died. Her injuries were not noticeable except for a large gash on her arm. So to anyone coming upon the accident scene it certainly was not apparent that she had died and now we know THAT SHE HAD NOT DIED until only 3-4 hours before help arrived! Had this so-called “hero” traveled the 6 miles to the White Rock Campground (average walking speed is about 3-4 miles per hour) , or in fact traveled in ANY direction to get help, he may have been able to save her life and that would have made him a true hero.

Here are directions to the Sycamore Canyone area where the accident happened, near the Pena Blanca Lake campground:

Access: Turn west off Interstate 19 at the Peña Blanca/Ruby Road ( AZ Hwy 289). The exit is approximately 8 miles north of Nogales. Follow this road 9 miles to Peña Blanca Recreation Area where the pavement ends and the Arivaca-Ruby Road becomes FR 39. Drive a total of 8.5 miles from the end of the pavement to the Sycamore Canyon Road (FR 218) which turns left (south) to the trailhead at the Hank and Yank Ruins historical marker.

To get to the Border Trail turn off FR 39 onto the Summit Motorway (FR 39A) 2.5 miles from the end of the pavement at Peña Blanca Lake. FR 39A is a 4-wheel drive road.

More details about Sycamore Canyon:

About 5 miles downstream of the trailhead, the canyon opens out and crosses a barbed wire fence that marks the Arizona/Mexico border. Here, you can either turn around and return the way you came or turn east and travel along a little-used pathway called the Border Trail. This foot and horse path was put here to provide access for maintenance of the international boundary fence. It leads over the grassy foothills of the Pajaritos to the end of the Summit Motorway (FR 39A), which may sound like a thoroughfare, but it’s a 4-wheel drive road.

Here’s a map of the Pena Blanca area as well:

Click to view larger size

And here is the description from the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s office police report of the accident location:

From the reporting officer: I then proceeded onto State Route 289 until I reached Forest Service Road 39. I reset the vehicle odometer at the entrance of Forest Service Road 39 from State Route 289. I proceeded in a southwestern direction on the narrow mountain road until I reached the collision scene at approximately mile post six on Forest Service Road 39.

In my mind, if Jesus Manuel Cordova had truly been a hero, he would have walked to find help that was not that far away, rather than passively setting a fire and waiting for someone to discover them. Why did he wait until morning to do so? Why did he not try to get help for the dying Dawn Tomko? Why did he let her spend her last hours dying in agony?

And I have some other questions too. How in the world did Christopher Buchleitner AND two dogs escape this accident with only minor injuries? That is truly the miracle in this story - not that Jesus Manuel Cordova did what any human being would have done.. but then again maybe he didn’t.

Other posts on this topic can be found here

Oh and in case you didn’t hear, Rep Raul Grijalva introduced a private bill on December 7th, 2007 to get this illegal alien, Jesus Manuel Cordova, a special Visa for his heroic actions. The bill is HR 4339. Chances of this bill ever getting passed are slim but there are people like Luis Gutierrez and Sheila Jackon Lee on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration so you never know what under-handed crap this committee might succeed in slipping in. Call your House Representative and let him know you don’t think Jesus Manuel Cordova deserves any part of citizenship for what he did on November 22nd. If someone thinks he deserves a reward, why don’t they send him some American dollars to his Mexican family?