European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 13, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 stars and stripes june 2007 3 guardsmen accused of running smuggling ring by Alicia Caldwell the associated press Texas three National guardsmen were arraigned on a Federal charge of conspiring to transport illegal immigrants after 24 immigrants were found inside a Van that one of them was a attorney said Jose Rodrigo and Julio Cesar both of and Clarence Hodge of fort were arrested near a Border patrol agent found 24 illegal immigrants inside a Van Torres was driving along interstate 35 near about 68 Miles North of the Bor prosecutors Torres was in uniform at the time of his arrest prosecutors accused Hodge of helping Torres pass through a Border patrol checkpoint on the Highway by making it look like the two were conducting guard Pacheco was accused of recruiting soldiers to transport the migrants for to a he and Hodge were arrested All three soldiers Are assigned to Border duties As part of operation president Bush Initia Tive to place guard troops at the Border to help with immigration the soldiers used cell phone text messaging to negotiate the Accord ing to a complaint filed in court Tell them ill Only do 1 run no More than 20 peo ple a person and i want 2 leave 1930 hrs and ill go 2 san Anto if they Torres typed to Hodge hours before Torres was according to the a message later that Day from Julio Cesar Pacheco instructed Torres that a trip was a with a promised payment of for the delivery of 24 illegal the document 24 will b Tuff 2 fit but ill Torres wrote in re the complaint Torres told Federal investigators that it was his seventh immigrant smuggling Torres implicated Hodge As the Soldier who waved his Van through the the complaint investigators say Hodge pointed to Pacheco As the Man who recruited and paid Hodge told investigators that he had been paid for helping smuggle a Load of immigrants in May but that the men had not worked out payment for the most recent Texas adjutant general Chuck Rodriguez said he was extremely disappointed to learn of the a any breach of the Public Trust and military Law by our soldiers will be thoroughly he in an interview a year ago when he was first moved to the said he was eager for the assignment in his Hometown of that Why were to help them said who has served in Iraq and in very Lucky because there fellow soldiers in Europe going Back to and i get to serve Here in my Harry a fort Hood police officer gives directions at an Assembly area where troopers in the background gathered after searching for a missing Soldier monday in fort i who got lost in fort Hood exercise still missing As search enters 5th Day the associated press fort Texas soldiers searched the sprawling fort Hood army base in 90degree heat for a 25yearold sergeant who got lost Friday during a navigational train ing at Dawn the Soldier still had not been said Diane Iii corps spokeswoman at fort army and civilian teams headed out for a fourth Day into the Hills of fort hoods training Range looking for any Trace of Lawrence two Black Hawk helicopters have scanned the Range Day and night since late 2 testify about Navy doctors alleged voyeurism the Washington Post Washington talk of lewd hidden forged documents and blackmail dominated the article 32 hearing Mon Day for a Navy doctor accused of secretly recording naval Academy midshipmen having sex in his two former midshipmen accused Kevin who served As a physician for facade my athletic teams and As the Bri Gade medical of taping three midshipmen having sex with their girlfriends and four other midshipmen alone and they said they discovered a camera concealed in an air Puri Fier in a guest room at his House that was connected to a wireless receiver on a separate the setup allowed who is now assigned to the Navy Bureau of Medicine and surgery in Wash to watch a live feed of the guest which was often used by midshipmen he Navy lawyers the first witness said he was alone the night of when he entered romans bedroom look ing for he saw a stack of dds on a the a midshipman said he played one of the on the did was my engaging in sex with his As Well As a teammate by the witness he told his Roommate the second who is now an in sign about the the next the two former students said they searched romans House and found the camera and other the Soldier was two hours Over due from a navigation training Drill and apparently did not follow a safety Siren to return to base Battaglia said that when Sprader last spoke to commanders by cell phone he did not indicate that he was sick or Only that he wanted to finish the exer his phone Battery has since died and searchers worry he May have succumbed to the dehydration or May be the training Range covers acres of Trees and High of Prince had two canteens and a water Back Battaglia of pilots unhurt after collision Over Alaska Alaska two pilots whose fighter jets collided in midair Over Central Alaska walked away 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