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Serrano: "Many Lessons to Be Learned
for FBI From Ojeda
Rios Killing" |
* Congressman José E. Serrano has represented
the Bronx in Congress since
1990
Sobre el resultado del informe de la Oficina
del Inspector General (OIG)
del Departamento
de Justicia de los Estados
Unidos
 Lea el informe completo de la OIG (formato
pdf)
Congresistas piden investiguen muerte de
Filiberto Ojeda
Congresistas ante abusos FBI en Puerto Rico
Cuestionan Homeland Sec. ante incidentes
 Comunicado de Prensa enviado a "PReb"
por el congresista Serrano
Decisión del FBI de actuar agresivamente
contra los independentistas
en 1960
Documento del FBI espiando reunión del MPI
en el 1960
M.P.I.: Movimiento Pro
Independencia de Puerto
Rico
Washington, DC - August 9, 2006.
Congressman José E. Serrano
said many of
his suspicions about the
killing of Independentista
Filiberto Ojeda Rios by
the FBI were confirmed
by the Inspector General's
report on the
incident released today.
The report "identified
a number of deficiencies
in the FBI's conduct of
the Ojeda surveillance
and arrest operation."
It also "determined
that a superior option
was available to the
FBI for attempting to arrest
Ojeda"
which would have had a
far better chance
of apprehending him without
violence or his
eventual death.
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"FBI Director Robert Mueller called
me today to discuss
this report," Serrano
said. "I reiterated
to him my concern
that the FBI in Puerto
Rico seems to be unable
to operate without
generating controversy.
I also expressed
my belief that the FBI seems
to act differently
in Puerto Rico than anywhere
else it operates
and that changes need to
be made."
"Overall, I am not
surprised that the
report found fault
with the actions of the
FBI as agents tried
to arrest Ojeda Rios.
Everyone who has
followed this situation
knows that there
were serious flaws in the
FBI's planning and
execution of its plan
to arrest him.
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"The report also says there was no conspiracy
to kill Ojeda Rios. But
it also concludes
that the FBI deviated substantially
from
its own procedures, which
are in place to
minimize risk to agents
and avoid violent
confrontations. I believe
that if the FBI
had followed procedures
the three FBI agents
might not have been shot
and Ojeda Rios might
not have died.
"This bungled operation,
combined with
FBI agents' later altercation
with the members
of the press in Rio Piedras,
show that the
FBI in Puerto Rico continues
to suffer from
a distinct lack of professionalism
and demonstrates
a callous attitude toward
the local population.
"Incidents of this nature
in any other
jurisdiction under the
American flag would
be a major scandal. Based
on this report,
I believe there is cause
for serious changes
at the FBI in Puerto Rico."
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