This is from Arizona Daily Star reporter Fernanda Echavarri's effort to piece together the death of Jose Guerena, 26, at the hands of a Pima County, Arizona SWAT team. Guerena, who joined the Marines in 2002 and served two tours in Iraq, was killed just after 9 a.m. May 5. Guerera had just gone to bed after working a 12-hour shift at a local mine when his home was invaded as part of a multi-house crackdown by sheriff's deputies.
Here we have spent considerable time bitching about illegal immigrants with limited compassion. They survive while a young man who did all the right things gets caught up in what may well be a mistake. At least it smells that way whenever police need considerable time explaining why they acted like they did. I sure hope the truth comes to the fore and if the police made an error they do not try to manufacture something to justify their action.