In the newsgroup alt.true-crime Paul J. Berg wrote:
Nearly nine years after he sneaked into a Southeast Portland (Oregon)
woman's apartment and raped her, 35-year-old Armando Duran-Maya was
sentenced to nearly a decade in prison.
Duran-Maya was unapologetic at hearing, saying through an interpreter
that the case against him was "false."
A jury, however, unanimously found Duran-Maya guilty last month of
first-degree rape, partly based on DNA evidence linking him to the
crime.
Prosecutor Don Rees successfully argued that Duran-Maya was the masked
stranger who crept into the woman's Powell Boulevard apartment through
an open door on an August 1998 night. Duran-Maya grabbed a kitchen
knife, awoke the woman and told her to comply or he'd kill her, Rees
said.
Police collected DNA from the victim, but it didn't match any known
felons at the time.
In 2000, Duran-Maya was convicted of felony attempted arson, and his DNA
was entered into the criminal database. In late 2002, authorities
received word that his DNA was a match to the 1998 rape. A grand jury
indicted him in early 2003.
It would still be years, however, before Duran-Maya would be brought to
justice.
As Duran-Maya awaited trial, he was transferred to Clark County to face
charges of assaulting his girlfriend. The case was later dropped.
Simultaneously, an INS hold on Duran-Maya also was dropped. Duran-Maya
walked out of jail, but was ordered to report to Multnomah County's
pretrial supervision program. He never showed up.
United States marshals, who tried to track him down, learned he might
have fled back to Mexico.
Then in fall 2006, police in Washington received a tip that Duran-Maya
was in Puyallup. When Duran-Maya saw them coming, he ran. Trapped by a
river, police found Duran-Maya cowering in the bushes.
During sentencing, prosecutor Rees argued for a stiff sentence because
Duran-Maya has tried to do everything within his power to "beat the
system."
Rees also said the 1998 rape victim is still so traumatized she backed
out of today's hearing because she couldn't bear being in Duran-Maya's
presence again.
Judge Cheryl Albrecht sentenced Duran-Maya to more than 9 1/2 years in
prison, at the top end of the sentencing range. He will have no ability
to earn time off for good behavior, and he will face deportation when
his sentence is complete.
"I don't think any lecture I'd give you Mr. Duran-Maya would do you any
good," Albrecht said.
The judge told Duran-Maya that not only has he devastated his victim,
but "you also ruined your own life in the process."
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Paul J. Berg followed-up his above post with a report on the same illegal
alien's nearly-homicidal arson, committed a year after his horrific rape of
the U.S. woman:
From The (Portland) Oregonian ~ October 4, 1999
Fire investigators arrested a 28-year-old Hillsboro man Friday on
accusations he set a fire that threatened the lives of at least 11
people in a Southeast Portland apartment building last month.
If convicted, Armando Duran-Maya could face more than 80 years in jail
under Measure 11 sentencing guidelines, investigators said.
Witnesses told investigators they saw a man strike a match to a small
cooler full of gasoline in front of a second-story doorway of the four-
unit complex at Southeast 129th Powell Boulevard around 11 p.m. Sept.
20.
The fire forced people to jump from balconies to escape the flames,
and at least three children under the age of three were lowered or
thrown to people below. Although there were no serious injuries, fire
officials said it could have been much worse.
"There's no doubt in my mind that if this had happened two or three
hours later when everyone was asleep, we would have had a fire
death,'' said Detective Sgt. Bill Law, a Portland Police Bureau
detective assigned to the Portland Fire Bureau's arson detail.
Law said he and arson investigator Rick McGraw are looking for a
second suspect involved in the fire. Law said it appeared the fire was
set out of revenge or spite against a resident or residents who lived
there.
The fire displaced 14 people and caused an estimated $120,000 in
damage to the building and its contents.
Duran-Maya will be arraigned today on one count of first degree arson,
and 11 additional counts of arson for endangering the lives of the
people who lived in the residence. He also faces one count of criminal
mischief.
He was lodged in the Justice Center Jail with bail set at $605,000.
Law said the 11 counts of enhanced first-degree arson -- that is,
arson set in a place customarily used as a residence that threatens
injury or death to residents -- carry a minimum mandatory sentence of
90 months each.
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"The Illegal-Alien Crime Wave" by Heather MacDonald
www.City-Journal.org/html/14_1_the_illegal_alien.html
www.PredatoryAliens.com
www.ImmigrationsHumanCost.org
www.DayLaborers.org
www.Alipac.us
www.ImmigrationWatchdog.com
www.AmericanPatrol.com
www.SaveOurState.org
www.EscapingJustice.com
www.MothersAgainstIllegalAliens.org
See the COLOSSAL costs of illegal aliens to the American taxpayer:
www.ImmigrationCounters.com
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"Por La Raza todo. Fuera de La Raza nada"
("For The Race everything, for those outside The Race nothing")
-- Motto of MEChA, one of the nation's largest publically-funded
organizations with cells on high school and college campuses across the USA
(Note: Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez says he "used to be" a member)
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：How Eisenhower solved illegal border crossings from Mexico；
By John Dillin
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0706/p09s01-coop.html
Excerpt:
：General Eisenhower ... quoted a report in The New York Times,
highlighting one paragraph that said: ．The rise in illegal border-crossing
by Mexican 'wetbacks' to a current rate of more than
1,000,000 cases a year has been accompanied by a curious relaxation
in ethical standards extending all the way from the farmer-exploiters
of this contraband labor to the highest levels of the Federal
Government ..."
：Herbert Brownell Jr., Eisenhower's first attorney general, said the
president had a sense of urgency about illegal immigration when he took
office.
：America ．was faced with a breakdown in law enforcement on a very large
scale,・ Mr. Brownell said. ．When I say large scale, I mean hundreds of
thousands were coming in from Mexico [every year] without restraint.・"
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Just two of MANY American cops murdered by illegals:
www.DeputyDavidMarch.com
www.KrisEggle.org
"Unfortunately, the majority of illegal aliens who are here are engaged in
criminal activity. Identity theft, use of fraudulent Social Security
numbers and green cards, tax evasion, driving without licenses represent
some of the crimes that are engaged in by the majority of illegal aliens on
a daily basis merely to maintain and hide their illegal status. In
addition, violent crime and drug distribution and possession is also
prevalent among illegal aliens. Over 25% of today's federal prison
population are illegal aliens. In some areas of the country, 12% of
felonies, 25% of burglaries and 34% of thefts are committed by illegal
aliens."
-- Testimony of District Attorney John M. Morganelli before the House
Subcommittee on Immigration, Border, Security and Claims [Note: 99% of
warrants for murder in Los Angeles, California -- the USA's 2nd
most-populous city -- are for illegal aliens]
"It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate,
tireless minority keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of
men."
-- Samuel Adams
"：All great truths begin as heresies.；
-- Former Democrat Governor of Colorado Richard Lamm, official of
Defend Colorado Now, a movement opposed to illegal immigration
and public services for illegal aliens
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