Good Samaritan, Bad Samaritan
A few weeks ago, an illegal alien crossing the border from Mexico received nationwide MSM attention after he rescued a boy whose mother had died in a desert car crash. I noted the disproportionate amount of attention the incident received relative to other open borders stories with not-so-happy endings. Here’s another case to add to the double-standard docket. In California, a woman was raped by a Bad Samaritan who attacked her while she was stranded alone on a roadside.
Turns out the suspect is an illegal alien gardener. MyFoxLA reports:
A man who allegedly raped a 24-year-old woman whose car broke down on a San Diego freeway was expected to enter a plea today to six felony charges, prosecutors said.
Alejandro Martinez Leyva, 25, is charged with forcible rape, two counts of sexual penetration, sexual assault with the intent to commit rape, dissuading a witness and making a criminal threat.
He faces up to 23 years in prison if convicted, said Farrah Emami of the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.
The alleged victim was driving south on the San Diego (5) Freeway toward her home in San Diego County about 2:30 a.m. Saturday when her car spun out near the Junipero Serra Road off-ramp and became disabled.
Leyva allegedly stopped in front of her vehicle and offered assistance, then sexually assaulted her, according to authorities.
Semen found at the scene has been linked to Leyva, and the alleged victim has identified him from a photo, said sheriff’s spokesman Jim Amormino.
Leyva was arrested late Tuesday night at his San Juan Capistrano home, which is near the crime scene, Amormino said.
Leyva, a gardener and apparent illegal immigrant, was being held at the Orange County Jail, and an immigration hold was placed on him, Amormino said.
Here are some ugly details about the attack that you won’t read in the NYTimes or Washington Post:
The woman broke free and began to run away, but tripped in front of the car. Leyva allegedly grabbed her and threatened to push her down a nearby embankment if she did not cooperate, Emami said.
Leyva is accused of digitally penetrating her, then pushing her back into the car and trying to pull down her pants. He allegedly digitally penetrated her again before raping her, Emami said.
Leyva is charged with dissuading a witness for allegedly grabbing the cell phone at the beginning of the attack and throwing it out of reach, Emami said.
There are Good Samaritans and Bad Samaritans. There are illegal aliens who are just here to work and there are illegal aliens who are here to do harm. It is not nativist to point out that our government at all levels is incapable of distinguishing between distinguishing between the two–and utterly incapable of regulating and controlling who gets in, who stay out, and who should be kicked out.
Paul Mirengoff lambastes the WaPo editorial board’s nativist-smearing tactics.
John Derbyshire spells it out for the slow learners:
The U.S.A. has an immigration system, under laws passed by the people’s representatives in Congress. For twenty years the federal government, for reasons to do with ideology and “interest,” has failed to enforce those laws. As a result, tens of millions of foreigners have settled in our country unlawfully, while other foreigners who wish to settle here but respect our laws, wait long years in their home countries for permission to enter.
A great many Americans are very angry about this. If you were to poll those angry Americans on the topic of legal immigration, you’d get all sorts of answers, from severe-restrictionist to couldn’t-care-less. The center of gravity of the answers would probably be somewhere like: “Sure we should have immigrants, but it should be done legally, properly.”
The anger, the shouting, the jammed Congressional switchboards, the cable-news bloviating, is about the federal government’s failure to enforce federal law…
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Its nice that the guy helped that little boy. But he was by no means a “hero” like he was made out to be.
It was pure dumb luck he happened upon that child. He did a good deed to be sure, but I have seen calling for him to get some kind of merit based rush citizenship. I didn’t know we had that.
Its great that he helped the kid, but let’s not lose sight of how and why he was there in the first place.
Thank you, yes, that’s it, right there. That’s the issue.
Yet another crime that could have and should have been prevented. What’s the tally? Reason #99,998 to discomfit the Dems’ amnesty plans – bill after bill.
Rather obvious where the American people stand, yet we are not heard.
As for the bad samaritan,
Which means, if he’s convicted, and his lawyer can’t get him off, he’ll be deported after he serves out his term. Maybe by that time, after serving 23 years here, he can go back to wherever he came from, with a ticket provided by the USA – providing the feds don’t lose track of him.
Something must be done. And done soon.
Artemus Gordon and James West would treat Mr. Alejandro Martinez Leyva to an old fashion Laredo rubdown, all the back to the border.
We’ve already got enough of our own home-grown cretins, thieves, rapists and deviants…and this is just in Washington DC, so close the darn borders and keep the filth and human sewage from washing into our backyards! HELLO, ELECTED REPS? ARE YOU LISTENING?
I wish we could just blame it all on the Dems, but there are far too many Republicans on board with the pro-illegal alien sentiment as well – including several presidential candidates, including Rudy and Huck (despite their convenient conversions to the contrary).
Indeed. There’s nothing heroic about exhibiting what should be considered the bare minimum standard of human behavior. You’re supposed to help people in distress if you can.
I’m suddenly reminded of the Chris Rock bit about a certain type of person who is proud to not be in prison and actually supporting his children.
Phalynx weapons system attached to motion detectors and heat sensors along the entire border. If it can take out a missile it can take out a coyote driving a van full of illegals. That would reduce the number of border crossings.
As amusing an idea as that may be I don’t think we need to go quite that far.
This country has won global wars and put men on the moon. We have built machines capable of sending data back from freaking Pluto (back when it was still a planet).
I refuse to believe that a concrete wall along the border is an insurmountable engineering challenge.
“The anger, the shouting, the jammed Congressional switchboards, the cable-news bloviating, is about the federal government’s failure to enforce federal law…”
& the greed factor, as the American worker goes broke due to the sub-standard wages ‘illegals’ will work for, & the lack of concern for what hiring them is doing to AMERICANS & the American economy.
‘What?!, me worry, Gimme my cookie!’
Unfortunately for us, the politicians of the country, local, state and federal have
chosen to believe that when we complain in whatever manner about the illegal
immigration problem, that we are just blowing hot air and that, given the short
attention spans of so many people in this country, that we will shortly forget about
this and go on to another “gripe” thought up by some conservative talk show host.
Whoa Nellie!!! Doesn’t work that way! When you have illegals in your face 24/7 they
are really hard to ignore. I keep hearing how they are in the shadows but apparently no one told them that, because they are out in the open. I know that a
lot of Americans of hispanic descent speak spanish among themselves but you can
tell when they are doing that as opposed to the fact that there is no English there.
When the hispanic groups keep pushing them out into the streets to demonstrate for their civil rights, it is disgusting. By the way, I don’t remember
seeing illegals of any other ethnicity out there demanding civil rights that they
are not entitled to.
I am sick of hearing, they are peaceful people that just want to make a better life. That is patently false because, first, not all are peaceful so don’t lump them
in with the criminals, two, if they wanted to truly make a better life, they would
have come here legally and they would learn English, and three, they wouldn’t
turn the areas they live in into little Mexicos. We are being fed propaganda by
the politicians that want to create a class system in this country so they are
importing peons but in the process, they are allowing criminals and possibly
terrorists to come across the border with them. They are also appeasing Mexico
and except for the oil, I cannot figure out why.
Houston is a sanctuary city with a huge rise in kidnappings among those peaceful people. In other words, they are preying on their own. How soon will they realize that it would be more profitable to move out of that community and
into the mainstream?
Rant off.
Now is that any way to talk about Congress?
“Maybe by that time, after serving 23 years here, he can go back to wherever he came from, with a ticket provided by the USA – providing the feds don’t lose track of him.”
Umm…. 23 years from now the president will be speaking Spanish as a first language and the rapist will get amnesty like the 40 million or more that will have gotten amnesty some time in the near future. It WILL happen…..Sad to say.
SECURE OUR BOARDERS NOW!
“I wish we could just blame it all on the Dems, but there are far too many Republicans on board with the pro-illegal alien sentiment as well – including several presidential candidates, including Rudy and Huck (despite their convenient conversions to the contrary).”
Fair enough. Perhaps I should have said the overwhelming majority of Democratic leaders? Does that get me back into your good graces?
It’s only a matter of time before a lawyer in front of the ‘right’ judge gets a criminal let off from a major federal crime, using the argument that it is unfair and unconstitutional for the federal government to prosecute his/her client, when they refuse to enforce and prosecute for other federal laws being broken. That will be followed by a stampede of appeals on other past cases, followed by the federal government being sued for upholding the law on those they did prosecute, which will come out of the pockets of law-abiding US citizens.
I live in San Juan and my wife is freaked out over this incident. In our neighborhood there are hoards of landscaping/handymen/painters/etc.. everyday working. She comes and goes dropping and picking up the kids at school and could easily be followed or noticed that she is alone.
We’ve increased the security in our home and we have big dogs who would protect her if something happened but it is still very unsettling.
She is even considering relenting on my request to have a gun in the house.
All the rapist has to do is sweat it out for a year and he stands a good chance of getting a pardon from GWB…probably the one ol’ Jorge didn’t have the decency to order for Ramos and Compean.
That would certainly make his buds in Mexico happier.
Sweat it out? He’s living in an air-conditioned cell with a bed up off the ground, working sanitation, running water, gets to lay around all day, 3 healthy meals, exercise time with weight room, and cable tv. Heck, even in prison he is probably living better than all of his neighbors back home.
I’m pretty sure we’re going to have some kind of war over this, after seeing what these people are like in Los Angeles.
The actual Americans in teh suburbs and outskirts of LA continue to hire them, though. Seems stupid to give money to a bunch of people who are just scouting your neighborhood for theft and rape opportunities later, but I guess it just hasn’t reached a head yet.
So true, Deepdiver. Sometimes I think they get themselves arrested on purpose.
Then I wake up. They don’t have to be arrested to live better here than in Mexico. Even if they are living in a house where they are renting a bed and
sleeping in shifts with almost a hundred other illegals, they are still living better
than south of the border.
The disproportionate coverage between these two stories is astounding!
Thanks, Michelle.
The rapist can rot in jail.
A true “Hero” does noble and courageous deeds without the expectation of a payback.
That said, if he wanted to go back to Mexico, and enter legally, I am sure that their would be many sponsors here that would want to help him get in this country. This is a man of good character to help out this child. I will not slight him for that.
But, he needs to come in legally.
Cordova hasn’t asked for anything in return.
23 years. That’s it? That ain’t right! Heck, in California, with good bahavior, he’ll probably do only half of that.
If there’s any justice in the world, this piece of junk will get the same kind of assistance he afforded his victim, during his stay in the big house.
Well said…now to get people to vote and remember which politician was for amnesty and which was against it. That is the way we stop all this crap…”we the people” are the country not the elitist, lying, self-serving politicians that fleece us daily.
There are 2 running for the presidency that will fight to end to stop this invasion you know the ones, you rarely hear about them and their stance on “illegal immigration” the media gives us just what they want.
The word hero is overused these days. Not to slight people that do good deeds,
that does not always make you a hero. Feebie is right. A hero does what he/she
does without expecting anything in return. Oftentimes, a hero is someone who
is just as frightened as the next person but has the fortitude to do what has to be
done even while afraid.
The good deed should not be rewarded with citizenship. I agree, he should go
back and apply to come here legally and then he could be fast tracked.
The criminal, should have to serve his sentence in a Mexican jail where he would
not be “rewarded” with living a life of Riley as opposed to how he was living in
Mexico. He may be wanted there for sexual crimes.
Hunter/Tancredo or Tancredo/Hunter…that ticket would appeal to a whooole
bunch of voters, quite possibly also with some conservative Dems ( and, yes
there is such an animal…just ask Joe Leiberman).
But the guy never asked for anything in return. He didn’t ask for citizenship.
“Only here to do jobs Americans don’t want to do!” — GWB
Not to always be playing Devil’s advocate (in this case almost literally) but I do think there’s a little bit of “man bites dog” in the disparity in coverage.
That said, though, securing the borders, stopping the flow of illegals both good and bad, rounding up the illegals within the country and punishing the employers – in short, enforcing the law – is simple common sense. Unfortunately selfishness and greed trump common sense almost every time; especially with politicians.
Rather than the comforts of American jails/prisons we need to explore the idea of “warehousing” prisoners from other countries in their countries of origin. We are running our of prison space and cannot continue to take over whole towns to house prison personnel that work at the newest/latest prisons. We’d also see an exodus of family members back to their countries of origin to be near them. You can take it to the bank we’d see less atrosities committed in our own cities. Otherwise, my only other suggestion would be to put Sheriff Arpaio in charge of our national prison system.
A win, win for everybody.
It has been pointed out here before.
As soon as a City enforces the laws, there is a mass exodus of illegals. Or put another way, as soon as it is ILLEGAL to be illegal, they move out.
They’re leaving OK like fleas off a dead rat. Unfortunately, more of them seem to be
coming to TX than Arkansas.
I agree to warehousing them in their countries of origin but our country would
probably go broke paying bribes to keep the prisons going so we would have to
think of another way. I suggest the most remote desert island we can find and
fly in low enough to, well does anyone remember the joke about the Frenchman,
Englishman, Mexican and Texan in the overloaded airplane?
How long has it been since politicians of any ilk have been truly representative of “the people” rather than big-dollar contributors such as SIGs, PACs and Lobbyists? We need a major reformation of government and of the laws and then we need to concentrate on enforcing the laws we have rather than trying to convolute them even further. We can deport this guy for sure but what good does that do if he can willfully cross the border to get back with politicians waiting to grant him blind amnesty? More than just the border needs to be secured at this late stage of the game but it sure would not be a bad place to start.
Man that pisses me off almost as much as the rape does. Just think…if he had been at his home in Guadalajara or some other South of the Border town and had never come across the Border illegally at all, he would still probably be sitting in his home south of the border and that woman would still have her life and sense of security and dignity and not have to suffer a lifetime of fear and nightmares.
Just think…if we could just shut Liberals up and be allowed to shut down the borders to illegal crossings all together, and to deport the illegals we have here now, and to be able to stop allowing the Liberals to spread their lies and fear mongering about “You cannot live without the illegals” and “There is no way you can deport them all” and all the rest of their dishonest propaganda, just think about how the State of California would not be in the fiscal emergency it is in, how the crime rates would drastically drop over night, and how the unemployment rates would also drop to near zero.
Oh, but I forgot…people that have no legal rights under our Constitution have rights under our COnstitution. Just ask a Liberal. They’ll lie to…I mean, they’ll tell you.
Well, a Friday just wouldn’t be a Friday without a Wookie (er, I mean Mookie) on my tukis.
My statement, was a general statement. I never said that he had ASKED for citizenship (which I would really consider based on his one good deed alone) I merely pointed out that one does heroic things without the expectation of a reward.
Therefore, the media should not be using this story alone as a litmus test to imply amnesty to all immigrants.
For every one GOOD illegal their are several bad…just like in any population. Fact of the matter is, if you are not already here…we have the right and ability to filter the bad ones out. And you know what…That is OK!!! That is fair. And that is OUR RIGHT.
The MSM is implying that all illegals are just like this good man. Which, my dear friend, is just not the case. And before you go and disagree…please, loose the naiveté before responding.
Has nobody noticed the obvious? If that woman had not been out at 2:30 AM, it would not have happened! It is her fault. All her fault. Who is she to be out on the roads, anyway????
Sadly though, the truth is that, as my old boss used to say, “Bad things happen to good people after midnight.”
I mentioned this months ago, relating to illegals building homes, landscaping, and other jobs.
While my home was being built, I distinctly told my general contractor that I wanted NO ILLEGALS working inside of my home. I knew that they would be framing my home, but I did not want them having access to the inside work…..like trimming, floors, etc.
Do you think my GC listened to me? NO.
For almost every job, including painting, they were here everyday unsupervised, reeking of alcohol, late, trashing the place, horrible workmanship, to only name a few.
I raised more cain than you’ve ever seen from a female.
Since I have moved into my home, there is so much damage to the inside…..walls, paint, trim, sheetrock, etc.
The companies that were subcontracted were legals. However they give these jobs to illegals to save themselves money, reporting no taxes, and no insurance for illegals.
What do you do? I am still VERY upset with shoddy workmanship and my GC has disappeared.
Yeah, they do the work most citizens won’t do, like CRAPPY WORK.
End of my rant.
Surprisingly, we don’t disagree on that point at all. My hope is that what this man did isn’t diminished because of all the bad stories we hear. I think the guy is a hero. It would have been very easy for him to just walk away, knowing that if he stayed with the boy, he’d have to deal with law enforcement. Thankfully, he didn’t. I know he was given a one day visa to be honored by the border patrol in Arizona. I hope that he applies for a work visa the right way and that his application is fast tracked.
Look at that, Feebie. We agreed on something! There might be hope for us yet.
Mookie: Ill try not to hold my breath…but yes, we do agree.