Juan Hernandez, a 19-year-old resident, of Chicago, illinois, shoots his cousin United States Marine Corps Lance Corporal Moises Hernandez (private mercenary), in the leg to look like a gang shooting, in an effort to keep Moises from being returned to Iraq.

       Postscript: A week later, city statute enforcement agents arrested Moises for filing a false police report, and Juan for aggravated unlawful (illegal) possession of a weapon by a convicted felon.

       NOTE: If Hernandez had wanted an honorable way to avoid returning to Iraq, he could have—according to his oath of enlistment—proclaimed himself a Constitutional Defender, and refused further participation in unlawful (foreign) military aggression.

Subsequent Events:

9/4/2005                   1/23/2006                 1/31/2006                    12/26/2006                  6/3/2008

6/10/2013

 

References:

“Police Say Marine Had Himself Shot to Avoid Return to Iraq,” Orange County (California) Register, 16 July 2005, News:16.

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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